Skopp v. Weaver

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

Plaintiffs’ second amended complaint alleges that defendants, who are real estate brokers and salesmen, 1 were plaintiffs’ agents to facilitate the sale of plaintiffs’ property. Plaintiffs allege that defendants breached their duty as agents by not revealing to plaintiffs that plaintiffs’ land had been sold to the state for taxes; defendants then arranged to terminate the period of redemption and acquire for themselves the property for a fraction of its true value. These allegations, plaintiffs maintain, state a cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty.

Defendants’…