Firestone v. Jarvis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

William E. Jarvis, Martin O. Jarvis and Lilly Hutchings were joint owners of a tract of land, and W. E. Jarvis, who represented the other owners, had placed the sale of the land with two different brokers, H. B. Firestone, and F. M.' Luther & Sons. The price of the land was fixed at $2,500 net to the owners. Negotiations for the sale of the tract were begun on June 17, 1929, with the plaintiff, Firestone, who had concluded to buy it for himself, and on June 24, 1929, he wrote Jarvis that he would buy the land for $2,500 on terms stated,…