Legal Opinion
Lawler v. Armstrong
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 1909No. 7962PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered December 23, 1908, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in. an action to recover a broker’s commission.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The appellant, a real estate broker, instituted this action for the purpose of recovering a stipulated commission from the respondents upon a written contract for the sale of real estate. The applicable part of the contract is in the following language:-
“Received of R. D. McDonald, purchaser, the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars as earnest money and in part payment for the purchase of lots 18 and 19, block 1906, Jefferson Street Addition to the City of Tacoma, Washington, with the buildings and improvements thereon, which we have this day sold to said purchaser, subject, however, to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Gelatt v. RidgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Veasey v. CarsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Boyd & Williams v. J. J. Watson & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- Goss v. BroomSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Scott v. LloydSupreme Court of Colorado · 1894
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3Cited by4 opinions
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