Schleifenbaum v. Rundbaken
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover money secretly received by the defendant, a broker, upon a sale of real estate placed in his hands by the plaintiffs, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Shumway, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs for $850 damages, and appealed by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The complaint alleges, in substance, that the defendant, being a real-estate broker, accepted from the plaintiffs an agency to sell for them certain real estate, which sale was effected, and that in the performance of that agency he was dishonest, deceiving his principals with false statements, and thereby obtained for himself $850, which the plaintiffs are attempting to recover.
The answer admitted that the plaintiffs owned the property described in the complaint; that the defendant was a real-estate broker; and that the property had once been in his hands for sale on commission. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Burr v. HartySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
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- Cook v. MorrisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
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