Swift v. White

Plaintiffs are husband and wife. The husband handled the transaction giving rise to this lawsuit and. will be referred to as sole plaintiff. Plaintiff purchased a home in Des Moines from Mr. and Mrs. Graziano. Defendant was the real-estate broker with whom the Grazianos listed the property-In preparing an offer to buy for plaintiffs’ signatures defendant filled in paragraph 1 to read, “1. All regular taxes on the property due and payable in 1961 are to be paid by Seller.”

The transaction started in the latter part of September, was apparently concluded in time for plaintiffs to take possession…