Salem v. Maise

SCHOTT, Judge.

This case arose out of a proposed sale of a grocery business from Wilfred Maise, defendant, to Latif Salem, plaintiff. Subsequent to the signing of an agreement to purchase and sell between these parties, plaintiffs Mr. and Mrs. Husni Farhoud came forward as Salem’s undisclosed principals. They arranged with defendant to take immediate possession of the store pri- or to the passage of an act of sale and paid him $18,000 representing the balance of the cash portion of the purchase price. However, the sale was never passed, and Maise repossessed the property. The Farhouds sued for…