Christman v. Seymour

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Judge.

In 1966 defendant Monte Seymour, acting as a real estate broker, negotiated a sale of property to a trust comprised of the following beneficiaries: plaintiffs Harry and Mildred Christman (25%), plaintiffs John and Joan Offer (12V2%), defendant Harvey Gutmann (12'/2%), defendant Sam Alvarado (12'/2%), defendant Glenn Lance (12'/2%), Seymour (18%%), and Robert DeBolt (6V4%). Defendant Stewart Title & Trust became successor trustee of this trust. The trust provided that the trustee, on Seymour’s direction if he was acting on instruction from a majority of the…