Legal Opinion
Metzler v. Iacone
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 30, 1947No. 543PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
This was an action to recover a $1,000 deposit on the purchase of real estate. The sales contract recited that the property was subject to no existing tenancy. It also contained the following provision: “Seller agrees to give possession at time of settlement. If seller shall fail so to do and occupies- said property, seller shall become and be thereafter a tenant at sufferance of the purchaser, and hereby expressly waives all notice to quit provided by law.”
When the parties met for settlement at the title company it developed (or so the trial judge' found on conflicting…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Willis v. Eastern Trust & Banking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Wittlin v. GiacaloneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- State v. DouglasOregon Supreme Court · 1910
- American-Italian Building & Loan Ass'n v. LiottaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1937
- Pancoast v. DinsmoreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1909
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gauss v. KirkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Murphy v. O'DonnellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Ralph D. Cohn, Inc. v. TrawickDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Allen v. WalkerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
- Gauss v. KirkDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1950
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