Legal Opinion
Barnard v. Gardner Investment Corp.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 17, 1921PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk, in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
Gardner Investment Corporation, engaged in the real estate brokerage business, through its president, J. W. Gardner, solicited and obtained from Alice T. Barnard the following contract:
“June 27, 1919.
“To Gardner Investment Corporation:
“Por and in consideration of one dollar ($1.00), the receipt of which is acknowledged, I hereby appoint you exclusive agent to make sale of the real property herein described as 715 Boissevain avenue, for the price of $17,000, upon the following terms: $........' cash, $........ secured by mortgage thereon for .... year at .... per cent, and you are hereby…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lawrence v. McCalmontSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Watkins v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
- Perrow v. RixeySupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
3Cited by5 opinions
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- George H. Rucker & Co. v. GlennanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
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- Hummer v. EngemanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Jones v. FriedlanderRichmond City Circuit Court · 1967