Hamilton

This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment against them in an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff by reason of the fraud and misrepresentations of the defendants.

The defendant J. M. French is engaged in the real estate business in Los Angeles, as a .duly licensed real estate broker, doing business under the fictitious name of J. M. French Company. The defendant F. H. Russell is a real estate salesman, working in the office of J. M. French •Company, and the defendant Wet a G. Glassell was one of the clients of this office and formerly owned certain land in San Diego County about which the misrepresentations are alleged to have been made.

At the time the misrepresentations are alleged to have been made plaintiff was the owner of a certain house and lot in the city of Los Angeles, which she had listed with the J. M. French Company for sale or exchange at a valuation of $7,500, with the understanding, however, that she would be interested in any offers for the property which would secure her $6,100, the amount it had cost her.

Plaintiff alleged that on or about May 1, 1922, the defendants represented to her that a certain described forty…