Curran v. Williams

Plaintiff George F. Curran was both lawyer and real-estate broker in the proposed sale of a theater in Almont, Michigan, which gave rise to this litigation. The proposed purchaser of the theater signed a purchase agreement in the sum of $59,000, dated June 4, 1951, and paid a $1,000 deposit to Curran. The sellers, Lawrence M. Williams and Rufina A. Williams, accepted the purchase agreement, but the transaction was never completed.

Both sellers and purchaser claimed the breach of contract was committed by the opposite party, and both demanded the deposit from Curran.

At this point Curran filed a…