Karnauch v. Shaffer

Fronefield, P. J.,

This is an action to recover $400 from the defendants which was paid as hand money by the plaintiff to the defendants on account of the purchase price for real estate.

It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff employed a Mr. Pitts as real estate agent to hunt a property for him and his wife. Pitts introduced the defendants’ property to him and after the plaintiff and his wife looked it over two or three times the defendants, on July 5, 1933, in writing, agreed to sell to Harry Cyryl Karnauch and Katrina Karnauch, his wife, a certain lot and store and dwelling at the…