Graham v. Ellmore

This is an action for damages for fraud in a real estate transaction wherein the plaintiffs exchanged certain land in Oregon for an interest in certain land in Orange County owned by the defendant Ellmore. The defendant August Mennes was a real estate salesman in the employ of the defendant L. L. Mennes, who was a real estate broker. The defendant Indemnity Company had furnished a bond for the broker and salesman, under the provisions of the California Real Estate Act. The two last-named defendants had no connection with the matter out of which this case arose, other than this relationship to…