Haynes v. John Davis & Co.

Plaintiffs, Richard O. Haynes and Maurine Haynes, his wife, instituted this action against W. A. Watts and Gladys M. Watts, his wife, and John Davis & Company, a corporation, as defendants, alleging in their complaint that they, being the owners of a tract of real estate in King county, during the spring of 1943, agreed in writing with defendants Watts to sell the property to defendants, who agreed to purchase it for $18,500; that defendants Watts then deposited with defendant John Davis & Company, as plaintiffs’ agent, the sum of one thousand dollars as an earnest money deposit and as part…