Jacob v. Cummings
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Codd (George P.), J. Bill by Ben. B. Jacob against George H. Cummings for an accounting on the terms of certain option contracts, and for a personal decree for breach thereof. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWiest, J.
The plaintiff, a real estate broker, having learned that Peter Smith & Sons, a corporation, was considering the sale of the leasehold interest and building owned by it at the corner of Griswold and State streets in Detroit, and being advised by Mr. Talbot, secretary of the company, that the same might be purchased for $325,000, provided some representative man was interested, and being told that it would not *375be sold, to Mm as he would want it for speculative purposes, went to Alfred M. Low and requested him to obtain an option on the premises. Mr. Low, not wishing to invest any money in…
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