Leslie v. Kennedy

In the spring of 1925 the defendants were the owners and subdividers “of certain real estate near Detroit, in the county of Wayne. They had in their employ as a salesman one Russell Carrier. He had formerly been employed by Joe and Louise Schiappicasse as a chauffeur. Soon after entering the employ of the defendants, Carrier induced Mrs. Schiappicasse to purchase a lot in the subdivision. She paid him $20, and instructed him to have the name of her brother, Jerome Henley, inserted in the contract as purchaser, as she was buying it for him. On March 30th Carrier prepared a preliminary purchase…