This section is from the book "American Law Of Real Estate Agency", by William Slee Walker. Also available from Amazon: American law of real estate agency.
In an action against a real estate agent for failure to examine the title of land purchased by him for plaintiff, the plaintiff alleged that the grantor had mortgaged the land and other land, and that the mortgage had been foreclosed and the land in question sold, without saying whether the grantor still retained title to the other lands mortgaged or their value, or that plaintiff applied for an order, in the decree for foreclosure, that such other lands be first sold, is demurrable. Sears v. Forbes, 122 Ind. 358, 23 N. E. 773.
 
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