Huse v. Reed

Benjamin Franklin Reed and Mary Catherine Reed, his wife, were the owners as tenants by the entireties of a parcel of land situated at the corner of Reese and Twenty-eighth Streets in Baltimore. In April, 1927, J. Henry Strohmeyer, a licensed real estate broker of Baltimore, was employed by Andrew’ J. Dietrich to purchase the lot mentioned from the Reeds, the negotiations between Strohmeyer and the Reeds covering about a year. At the first interview between Mr. Strohmeyer and Mr. Reed the latter stated his price to be $15,000, and, although Mr. Strohmeyer regarded the price as exorbitant, the…