Hawkins & Chamberlain v. Mathews

Opinion of the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner—

Affirming in part and reversing in part.

Anna Hengehold owned a house and lot in Covington, which she wished to sell for $9,000; she listed it with Hawkins & Chamberlain, who were real estate brokers in Covington. Chamberlain was the assistant secretary of the Liberty Building & Loan Association, which maintained an office in the same building as Hawkins & Chamberlain. Claude Mathews and Margaret Mathews, his wife, were looking for a house, and came to see Hawkins & Chamberlain, who proposed then to sell them the Hengehold property. They did not have…