Harrop v. Cole

Stevenson, V. C.

As to the facts, the weight of evidence and the probabilities are on the'side of the complainants.' The defendant’s story-rests upon his uncorroborated testimony, and in many respects his story and his manner of narrating it upon the stand discredit his cause.

I find that the complainants verbally employed the defendant to negotiate on their behalf the purchase of a parcel of land in Passaic county. The defendant thus charged with this business, in which he had the confidence of his employers, violated his *33.duty, purchased the land with his own money and took a deed thereof to…