Stenian v. Tashjian

The court found, in accordance with the allegations of the complaint, that plaintiff and defendant in 1912 by verbal agreement became partners in the purchase of a tract of land in Tulare County; that prior to the purchase, which was made by the partnership at the solicitation of the defendant, he had entered into a written agreement with the owners of said land to pay him two thousand dollars as a commission in case he made a sale of the property, which fact, however, defendant, for the purpose of deceiving plaintiff, concealed from him; that plaintiff did not discover the fact of such…