Dehnhoff v. Hege

The general facts are these: Mrs. Dehn-hoff, as administratrix of the estate of Edward Cockle, was the owner of a large tract of land in Lincoln county, *305this state, and the First National Bank of Harrington held a sheriff’s certificate of sale covering lands in Spokane county. Messrs. Hege & Watkins were real estate men, who had the sale of the Lincoln county land. They were informed by the bank that its Spokane county land was for sale. After considerable negotiations, Hege & Watkins procured the bank to make a proposition to the administratrix that it would purchase her land for a certain…