Koehler v. Gross

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

The parties to this suit were engaged in business in Philadelphia, the plaintiff, Robert Phillip Koehler as a licensed real estate broker, and the defendants, George E. Gross and Frank C. Hood, as building contractors. A branch of plaintiff’s business was the negotiation of mortgage loans. About January 1, 1925, William F. Stief, who was also engaged in the real estate business, sought to interest defendants in the purchase and improvement of certain vacant land at Highland Park, a suburb of Philadelphia. The plan was to erect thereon twenty-seven semidetached…