Germain v. Weller

JANVIER, Judge.

This is a suit by the prospective purchaser of real estate for the return of a deposit of $950. The defendants are the prospective vendor and the real estate agent who brought the parties together and with whom the deposit was made. Both defendants, after denying that plaintiff should be allowed to recover the deposit, reconvened against plaintiff, praying that the deposit be declared forfeited, and, in addition, praying judgment for $400 as attorney’s fee, and for $11 alleged to have been expended “for certificates and research costs,” and the real estate agent, in addition,…