Legal Opinion

Bowles v. Hagans

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 7, 1969No. 4606PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant sued appellee for $2,750 representing a broker commission which he claimed for allegedly selling appellee’s boat. The court below entered judgment for appellee without making findings of fact or conclusions of law. We reverse.

Appellant testified at trial that he was in the business of repairing and selling light boats. In the spring of 1966 appellee decided to sell his Colonial Cruiser and asked appellant to sell it for him. Appellee stated then that he would like to get $40,000. Appellant told appellee that his asking price was too high but that he would do…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bank v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  2. Apostolides v. ColecchiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
  3. Ottenberg v. OttenbergDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1961

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. RDP Development Corp. v. SchwartzDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. Wm. G. Wetherall, Inc. v. KramerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969

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