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The Washington Times
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Two illiterate poor persons, Priscilla Echols and Clement Coats, sue real estate agent Julian W. Deane for fraudulently selling them property in Lincoln suburb without providing a deed, despite full payment and improvements. They seek $2,000 damages.
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Two Poor, Illiterate Persons Sue
Real
Estate Agent Deane.
Julian W. Deane, the real estate dealer, it
is alleged in a declaration filed yesterday, has
sold at the suburb, Lincoln, property which
he does not own.
Priscilla Echols and Clement Coats, who
are allowed to sue as poor persons and who
cannot read or write, allege that Priscilla
Echols and Annie Coats, wife of Clement, in
July, 1885, bought of Mr. Deane lots 9 to 16,
at Lincoln, and paid $400 for them, taking a
receipt for payment in full on November 17,
1891.
They have put a well and other improve-
ments on the property, at a cost of $275, and
estimate that
the value of the lots has
doubled.
Mr. Deane, when he gave them a receipt
for the money, promised to make them a
deed, but has never done so. He still asserts
his ownership, but they do not think he is
able to make a title. They charge that he has
cheated and defrauded them and ask that he
pay them $2,000 damages.
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Lincoln Suburb
Event Date
July 1885; November 17, 1891
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Priscilla Echols and Clement Coats, poor and illiterate, bought lots 9 to 16 in Lincoln from Julian W. Deane for $400 in July 1885, receiving a full payment receipt in November 1891. They improved the property with a well and other enhancements costing $275, believing the value has doubled. Deane promised a deed but never provided it, still claiming ownership. They sue for $2,000 damages, alleging fraud and inability to provide title.