Eason v. Heighton

In 1932 M. W. Eason, of Jenldntown, Pennsylvania, plaintiff, owned a ranch property and some live stock in Santa Cruz county, Arizona, which he listed with H. E. Heig’hton, defendant, a licensed realtor, of Tucson, Arizona, for sale. In October of that year defendant, Heighton, received from one W. W. Hodgman, Jr., whom he had contacted as a purchaser or prospective purchaser of said property, $500 as part payment of the purchase price, as he contends, but, as contended by plaintiff, Eason, as an advance on an option to buy said property. Later on Hodgman paid $500 more on the same terms and…