Rodrigue v. Ziegler

GARRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in which liquidated damages and attorney’s fees were awarded to plaintiffs and their real estate agent for breach of a real estate purchase agreement by the defendant/purchaser.

The facts of this case are as follows:

Plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Y. Qua-glino, Jr., owned a home located at 3412 Palmisano Boulevard in Chalmette, Louisiana. They listed this property for sale with the real estate company of Latter & Blum, Inc. On March 27, 1982, the defendant, Melvin J. Ziegler, Jr., made an offer to purchase this property and this offer was…