Legal Opinion
Viramontes v. Fox
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 1959No. 6449PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGHEE, Justice.
The defendant (appellant) appeals from a jury verdict and judgment awarding the plaintiff (appellee) $5,900 earnest money as liquidated damages pursuant to a forfeiture provision contained in a contract for the purchase and sale of a farm owned by the plaintiff.
The terms of the agreement are embodied in a binder or preliminary contract employed by A. T. Cox, the real estate broker who brought the parties together, and reads as follows:
“Date Jan. 15, 1957
“Received of Glen Fox $5,900.00 being a deposit on the purchase of the following property:
“640 acres, 13 miles east of Deming…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Olguin v. ThygesenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1943
- Crocker v. JohnstonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1939
- Bell v. LammonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1947
- Snodgrass v. Turner Tourist Hotels, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1941
- Armstrong v. RossWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Tapia v. Panhandle Steel Erectors CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Sauter v. St. Michael's CollegeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
- Maxey v. QuintanaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
- Gilmore v. DuderstadtNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1998
- Romero v. H. A. Lott, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
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