Podesta v. Delucchi

Plaintiffs sued in two causes of action charging conspiracy and fraud in the sale and exchange of real property. The action was tried before a jury and resulted in a verdict for defendants. Plaintiffs have appealed on a bill of exceptions.

The theory of the complaint is that the plaintiffs employed the three first-named defendants, doing business under the name of Stockton City Realty Company, to effect the exchange of plaintiffs’ ranch property situated near the city of Stockton for hotel property situated in the city and county of San Francisco; that their agents, in turn, employed the firm…