Brothers v. Arave

GIVENS, Justice.

Appellant Ben Brothers and Respondent Orland J. Arave, during November 1945, began negotiations for the sale by respondents to appellants of a lot, community property, and part of a larger tract of land which respondents were buying on the installment plan from the Idaho Falls Investment Company. The price concededly agreed upon was $3,000, which with $150 would liquidate respondents’ indebtedness to the Idaho Falls Investment Company and enable them to give clear title to appellants.

Appellant Ben Brothers first suggested the purchase of “eighty feet frontage.” Proposals and…