Dustman v. Ratliff

This is an action by appellee against appellants to recover damages on account of the breach of contract of agency whereby appellants undertook to procure for appellee the title to a certain lot in the city of Bluffton, Indiana, free from encumbrances except a mortgage for $1,300, the breach consisting in failing to inform appellee of the existence of a $500 mortgage which he was afterward compelled to pay.

It is averred *in the amended complaint that appellants were real estate brokers; that they represented themselves as being experienced in conducting real estate transactions and…