Chisholm v. Reitler

Plaintiff in error was plaintiff below in an action for breach of contract to purchase land in which he sought to recover the down payment paid by his assignor, one Ray Vaughn. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found in favor of the defendant and entered a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint. Plaintiff seeks review of this judgment of dismissal.

Plaintiff’s assignor, Vaughn, was a builder in the Denver area. The defendant Reitler was a real estate broker and an officer in the La Vada Improvement Co., the developer of a residential subdivision in Arvada, Colorado, a suburb of…