Lewis v. Matias

Opinion by

Me. Justice Walling,

In the summer of 1925, the plaintiff, D. J. Lewis, owned a small farm near Sharon, which he placed in the hands of C. S. Quick for sale at the price of $5,500, for which the latter was to receive a five per cent commission and whatever he might secure in excess of the $5,500. Quick negotiated a sale of the property to the defendants, Joe and Pauline Matias for $6,500, and, without plaintiff’s knowledge, took in his own name in part payment eight lots, located at Farrell, at a valuation of $2,175. Plaintiff executed a deed for his property on August 21, 1925, at…