Legal Opinion
Young v. Swafford
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 22, 1954No. 1415PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.'
Appellant, hereinafter called defendant, is a real estate and business chance broker. He appeals from a judgment requiring him to return a deposit received .by him from plaintiff toward the purchase price of a rooming house business.
The complaint alleged that plaintiff had given defendant a deposit for a leasehold on certain premises. ■ When defendant failed to obtain the lease, he demanded the return of the deposit. At the trial it was shown that plaintiff had entered into a written contract to purchase a rooming house business owned by one Jewell Mc-Cauley. According…
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- Gauss v. KirkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
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