Sechrest v. Safiol

This is a civil action sounding in contract, in which the plaintiff seeks the return of a deposit of $3,800.00 paid on account of a purchase and sales agreement between the plaintiff as seller, and defendant, George E. Safiol, as buyer. The other defendant, Stanley E. Collinson, Jr., was the real estate broker who had held the deposit and who deposited the money so held into court agreeable to an order allowing him to do so. Collinson was, in effect, a stakeholder who did not participate in the litigation as a party after the money was paid into court.

By way of answer, defendant Safiol…