Carkonen v. Alberts

— Plaintiff verbally employed J. F. Al-berts, one of the copartners operating as real estate brokers under the firm name Alberts-Gingrich, to negotiate, on behalf of plaintiff, the purchase of certain real property in King county. Alberts purchased that property with his own money and subsequently sold same at a profit. This action was instituted to establish a trust for the plaintiff in the proceeds from the sale of the property. The appeal is from the judgment of dismissal rendered upon plaintiff’s refusal to plead further, after a demurrer had been sustained to the complaint on the ground…