Legal Opinion
Dixon v. Dodd
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 26, 1951No. 1040PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Defendant, Mrs. Dodd, signed a paper purporting to give plaintiff, Mr. Orrison, a real estate broker, the exclusive right for ninety days to sell certain real estate owned by her. About three weeks later Mrs. Dodd wrote Orrison that she was canceling his exclusive listing. A few weeks thereafter, and within the original ninety-day period, Mrs. Dodd' sold her property through Mr. Dixon, another real estate broker, and paid him a commission of $525. Orrison thereupon sued Mrs. Dodd for $525. She in turn filed a third-party complaint against Dixon, asking for judgment…
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