Louisiana Real Estate Commission v. Blakes

I a WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.

This case arises from a dispute between Lisa and Robert Blakes, who were the prospective buyers of a house, and Shirley and B.R. Malbrough, the sellers, over a $25,000 deposit held by ReMax Real Estate Partners (“ReMax”), which was the Malbroughs’ agent. On December 7, 1999, after being informed by ReMax that there was a dispute over entitlement to the deposit, the Louisiana Real Estate Commission initiated this concursus proceeding, pursuant to LSA-R.S. 37:1435(F) to determine who was entitled to the $25,000. On April 1, 2003, the trial judge rendered summary…