Empire Realty Co. v. Fleisher

Appellants, Empire Realty, Inc. (Empire) and the executors of the Estate of Sidney B. Needle (Needle), appeal from a decree in equity for monetary damages in the sum of $19,641.50 entered against them in favor of appellees (the Fleishers) by the Circuit Court for Washington County (McLaughlin, C. J.). The damages were prayed as incidental relief in a suit brought by the Fleishers to set aside a deed purporting to convey certain real property in Washington County to Empire, a company controlled by Needle. 1 The bill of complaint alleged that the deed had been procured by fraud practiced upon…