Legal Opinion
Brewood v. Cook
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 15, 1953No. 11559_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
The District Court decreed specific performance of a contract it found had been entered into by the appellant to sell and convey to appellees, husband and wife, two lots of land which he owned in the District of Columbia. The position of appellant in seeking reversal is that no contract was made, that evidence with respect to it was admitted in violation of the parol evidence rule, and that if a contract properly proved did exist it was unenforceable under the statute of frauds because not evidenced in writing.1
The controverted transaction arose in connection with…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Seitz v. Brewers' Refrigerating MacHine Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Townsend v. VanderwerkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Williams v. MorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Neale v. NealesSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Cohn v. DunnSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Hackney v. Morelite ConstructionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- H. Max Ammerman v. City Stores CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Landow v. Georgetown-Inland West Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Jerome S. Murray v. Irving S. LichtmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Brown v. BrownDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
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