Weaver v. Blochberger

— The defendants had offered a small community store, located at 1006 north I street in the city of Tacoma, for sale through the Harold A. Allen & Co. firm of real-estate brokers. Mr. Hugh Fotheringill handled the negotiations here involved for them. About July 7,1947, he took the plaintiff Weaver, a young ex-serviceman without previous business experience, to the store and introduced him to the defendant Mrs. Blochberger, and, on July 12th, an earnest-money receipt for the sale of the business was executed. The deal was consummated September 15, 1947. It consisted of a lease of the premises…