Szanto v. Pagel

The parties will be designated herein as appellants and appellee.

Appellants, John Szanto and W. R. Rogers, sued appellee, H. A. Pagel, to recover $1,700 as stipulated damages for the breach of a written contract for the exchange of certain lands, executed by Szanto and Pagel, and providing that $000 of such damages should be paid appellant Rogers, who acted as broker for both parties in procuring the contract. The contract required Szanto to furnish an abstract showing a “good merchantable title” in himself to the land he was agreeing to convey Pagel. A trial to the court without a jury…