Eckenroth v. Stone

OPINION

By RADCLIFF, J:

This lawsuit was instituted by the plaintiff in the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, to impress a constructive trust upon a certain piece of real estate which the plaintiff claimed, the defendant acting as his agent, purchased and took title in his own name, then refused to convey the property upon the tender of the actual purchase price by the plaintiff to the defendant. The issues are made up by the second amended petition of the plaintiff, which alleges in substance that the defendant induced the plaintiff to hire him to negotiate for the purchase of a…