Mansur v. Drage

ORFINGER, Judge.

This action involved a dispute between the buyers and sellers of a parcel of real estate as to the entitlement to a $15,000 deposit after the deal fell through. The jury found that the buyers had breached the contract and that the sellers were entitled to the deposit. There is sufficient competent evidence to support the verdict, so we affirm.

One sub-issue, however, deserves comment. One of the sellers, appellee Thomas Drage, Jr., is an attorney, and was represented in this action by members of his law firm. At trial (and on appeal), the buyer argued that because Drage…