Johnson v. Wolfe

Plaintiff filed this bill to enforce specific performance of a claimed contract for sale to him by defendants of a certain piece of real estate known as 68-70-74-76 Montcalm street, west, in the city of Detroit upon which were four frame houses. At the time the alleged contract was signed by de*12fendants they did not know plaintiff, the business being transacted with or through a real estate agent named Honeywell.

The documentary evidence of the transaction is as follows:

“Exhibit A.

“Detroit, Mich., Oct. 16, 1919.

“To J. Ray Honeywell : For and in consideration of one dollar ($1.00), the receipt…