Smithson v. Sparber

THE COURT.

This appeal was taken from a judgment entered when the plaintiffs declined to amend, upon the sustaining' of demurrers to their second complaint. The appellants seek a $2,000 judgment against the respondents Sparber and Ward for claimed negligence in the handling of a real estate transaction, and against the respondent Globe Indemnity Company as surety on the real estate broker’s bond of Sparber.

The appellants owned property in Oakland, and Sylvester Bowen and Ida Bowen owned property in Kings County, California. Sparber was a licensed real estate broker in Oakland and Ward a…