Jasper v. Wilson
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court for Bernalillo County-before Ira A. Abbott, Associate Justice. A real estate broker bas no implied authority to bind the principal by signing a contract of sale.
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Appeal from the District Court for Bernalillo County-before Ira A. Abbott, Associate Justice. A real estate broker bas no implied authority to bind the principal by signing a contract of sale. Lyon v. Pollock, 99 U. S. 668, distinguished; Balkema v. Searle, 116 Iowa 374; Staten v. Hammer, 121 Iowa 499; Armstrong v. Lowe, 76 Cal. 616; McCullough v. Hitchcock, 71 Conn. 404; Carstens v. McReavy, 25 Pac. 471, 472; Sulliyant v. Jahren, 79 Pac. 1071; Helling v. Darby, 79 Pac. 1073; Cadigan v. Crabtree, 70 N. E. 1033, 186 Mass. 7: Gestring v. Fisher et al, 46 Mo. Ap. 603; Dole v. Shewood, 41 Minn.…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT.
PARKER, J.
This is a suit for specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate. The contract is in the following form:—
“Albuquerque, N. M., Nov. 16, 1904.
“Received from Mrs. W. Y. Jasper, the sum of one hundred dollars as part payment on the west ninety-four and two-thirds (94 2-3) of lots 10, 11 and 12 in Block 44 of the Huning’s Highland Addition to the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the purchase price to be eight hundred dollars ($800.00) the balance to be paid on the delivery of a good and sufficient warranty deed and abstract of title.
A. Fleischer,
Agent…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Rutenberg v. MainCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
- Townsend v. BlanchardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Lyon v. PollockSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Smith v. AllenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- Weaver v. SnivelyNebraska Supreme Court · 1905
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