Bernstein v. Yee Wong

KEECH, District Judge.

This is an action for specific performance, wherein the plaintiff claims to be the purchaser, through real estate broker Siegel, of certain property situated in the District of Columbia. The property in question is owned by the defendants and known as 1014 — Massachusetts Avenue, N. W.

This action grows out of the following facts. A real estate broker, one Morton W. Siegel, approached the defendant husband with a view to ascertaining whether he would sell the subject property. The defendant responded that he would, and gave the broker a listing of the property setting…