Coopersmith v. Stein

KIRKLAND, District Judge.

The plaintiff’s pleadings indicate the following alternative relief is sought, specific performance of an' alleged "written agreement” involving ’ the sale of land in the District of Columbia, or damages resulting from the breach of said written agreement.

The record and argument of counsel show that a seventy-three year old man named Nathan Stein, while living in Florida undertook to open negotiations for the sale of “property in the name of Ethel Stein, located at Minnesota Avenue, N. E., Parcel 175/53”. The record further discloses, that the above property was…