Sannini v. Casscells

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

The plaintiffs, Edmond Sannini and Francis DiMichele, appeal the judgment of the Court of Chancery requiring them to reimburse the defendants, Oleda D. and S. Ward Casscells, the sum of $395,000 in return for transfer of the legal title to a parcel of real property in Wilmington which, the Court ruled, the latter held as constructive trustees for the former.

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This appeal is part of the second stage of a bifurcated proceeding. In the first stage, the Court of Chancery held that the defendant Oleda Casscells, a saleswoman for a real estate broker who purchased for herself…