Legal Opinion
Sidney J. Brown v. James R. Coates, Marion E. Coates, and Margaret E. Brown
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 14, 1958No. 13749PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURGER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict awarding appellees $7,059.00 compensatory and $7,500.00 punitive damages for an agent’s breach of trust in a real estate transaction. Resolving all conflicts of evidence to conform with the verdict, the facts are these:
Having seen newspaper ads soliciting business from the public appellee Mrs. Coates telephoned the First National Realty Company, a real estate brokerage firm entirely owned by appellant Brown, to arrange the sale of her home. 1 A salesman from the company inspected appellees’ property and at the same…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Day v. WoodworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Scott v. DonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Quentin Reynolds v. Westbrook Pegler, the Hearst Corporation and Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Chelini v. NieriCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Wright v. EverettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956
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3Cited by101 opinions
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