Legal Opinion

Metzler v. Edwards

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided May 14, 1947No. 496PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLAGETT, Associate Judge.

Appellants were sued as “Cuvier A. Metzler and Cuvier A. Metzler, Jr., t/a *43Metzler,” for one-fourth of a broker’s commission on the sale of District of Columbia real estate owned by a resident of Virginia. Appellee, also a resident of Virginia, held a real estate broker’s license in that State but was not so licensed here. Because under the District of Columbia Real Estate and Business Brokers’ License Act1 she was not entitled to sell local real estate, appellee claimed she listed the property with appellants under an agreement that if they sold the property she…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Saginaw Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  2. Hartman v. LubarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  3. Franknel v. Allied Mills, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1938
  4. Eberman v. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
  5. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. v. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Peoples Drug Stores, Inc. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. District of Columbia v. GallagherDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
  3. Boyle v. GiralDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
  4. School Street Associates Ltd. Partnership v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. Abadie v. District of Columbia Contract Appeals BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004

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