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- Title: Porter V. Ploughe
- Author : Arizona Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 16, 1954
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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Defendants listed their property with plaintiff on a so-called open listing for $13,500. On July 15, 1951, the ultimate purchasers, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mitchell, arrived in Mesa, Arizona, from Iowa. On the morning of the 16th, in response to plaintiff's advertisement in a newspaper, they came to his office to inquire about properties for sale and after making known their wants, were shown several pieces of listed property by plaintiff's saleslady, Mrs. Kleinman. They were taken to the property of defendants, introduced to Mr. Ploughe, and inspected the property. Before going to the property the Mitchells had been informed as to the asking price. Later in the afternoon the Mitchells returned to the office of plaintiff and notified the saleslady they were prepared to make an offer for the property and desired to inspect it again. Their desires in this respect were met and the property was again inspected in the presence of Mr. Ploughe. On returning to the office the Mitchells authorized the saleslady to offer $11,500 and left a check for $1,000 as earnest money. The saleslady immediately called Mr. Ploughe on the telephone and informed him that she had an offer, with the request that he come to the office and discuss the matter, which he did. At this meeting he indicated that he would accept the offer if his wife would. The saleslady then went to the place of business where Mrs. Ploughe was working and informed her that she had a buyer and would like to discuss the matter. This conversation led to a conference held at 6 P.M. at the home of the Ploughes, where the counteroffer was communicated to Mrs. Ploughe, who declined to accept the offer and insisted on the asking price of $13,500. The next morning the earnest money check was returned as a consequence of the positive position taken by Mrs. Ploughe. Mrs. Kleinman then spent a couple of hours with the Mitchells showing them other properties. Mr. Mitchell testified that when they parted Mrs. Mitchell said to Mrs. Kleinman, "See what can be done with those kids" (meaning the Ploughes).