Sobczak v. Kotwicki

The circuit court for the county of Alpena decreed that defendants deliver to plaintiffs a deed of conveyance, and defendants appeal.

Defendants owned a home on the outskirts of Alpena and listed the property for sale with an Alpena real-estate broker. The sale price was increased from $7,600 to $8,400 at the broker’s suggestion.

A preliminary agreement was prepared by the real-estate broker, and signed on July 15, 1953, whereby defendants agreed to sell the property and plaintiffs agreed to purchase:

“And to pay therefor the sum of $8,400, upon the following terms and conditions: $400 upon the…