Vetesnik v. Magull

By this appeal complainants ask the reversal of a decree dismissing for want of equity their amended bill, which sought to establish a vendor’s lien to the amount of $7,000 on certain real estate purchased by defendants from complainants. An answer was filed on behalf of defendants and the cause referred to a master in chancery whose report recommending a dismissal of the bill was approved by the chancellor.

The question presented involves the dishonesty of a real estate agent, Joseph Beck, to whom the defendants paid the purchase price for the lots but who did not turn over the same to…