277 Pa. 551 | Pa. | 1923
Plaintiffs sued to recover what they alleged to be an undisclosed profit made by defendants, who acted as their agents in the sale of certain real estate; they also asked refund of a commission paid defendants, on the ground that the right thereto had been forfeited by the latter’s unfaithfulness as agents. The defense interposed was that, although defendants had been employed as agents to sell the premises in question, plaintiffs subsequently “agreed orally to sell......to defendants......and defendants agreed orally to purchase said property for $35,000 in cash”; that this, arrangement between the, parties was entered into after full disclosures on the part of defendants that, if they took the property, it would be for the purpose of resale on their own account. The issues thus raised were fairly submitted to the jury and found against' defendants, who now say the agreement was, not that they should really buy the property, but that plaintiff would be satisfied with the price or sum of
The judgment is affirmed.