Axe v. Potts

Opinion bt

Mr. Justice Allen M. Steaene,

This is an appeal from the decree of the court below dismissing plaintiff’s bill in equity for specific performance of an agreement to sell real estate. Defendants’ answer raising preliminary objections to the bill was sustained.

Defendants, J. Webb Potts, C. William Potts, Elizabeth Gordon Geasland, are the owners as tenants in common of a certain piece of real estate situate in the City and County of Philadelphia. The corporate defendant, Priestman-Helmetag Company, is engaged in the real estate brokerage business and was authorized in writing to hold…