Legal Opinion
Prather v. Vasquez
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 17, 1958No. Civ. 22702PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShinn, P. J.
George and Eleanor Vasquez (respondents) owned approximately 58 acres of agricultural land in La Puente. In July 1954, they orally employed Roxy Prather, a licensed real estate broker, to obtain a purchaser. Mrs. Prather obtained Frank R Halterman, and the parties signed escrow instructions on July 15, 1954.
The escrow instructions contemplated a sale of the property to Halterman or his nominee for $232,000, on the basis of $4,000 an acre, the exact acreage to be determined by Halter-man’s engineers and approved by the parties. The escrow was to close December 1, 1954. Halterman was to deposit…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Seymour v. ShaefferCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
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