Harrold v. Markin

This appeal arose from a verdict by the jury and judgment thereon for plaintiffs-appellees on the second paragraph of their complaint. The theory of that paragraph is in issue on this appeal.

The record before us discloses the following facts:

In January of 1963 appellees entered into an agreement with appellants to trade certain properties. Appellees agreed to trade or sell a piece of property which they owned in exchange for a down payment of $2,000, and the balance to be paid by the transfer to them in equities of contracts which were allegedly worth the balance due. Appellees received two…