Legal Opinion
Blanken v. Bechtel Properties, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 2, 1961No. Civ. A. 2155-59PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
The plaintiff moves for a directed verdict in his favor at the close of the testimony for both sides.
This is an action to recover a real estate broker’s commission and presents a question of law whether a broker, who has procured a purchaser for real property, who enters into a binding contract with the owner of the property to purchase the property, has earned his commission and is entitled to receive it from the vendor if the purchaser declines to perform his contract.
The facts are simple. The plaintiff, a real estate broker, was retained by the defendant, the owner…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gilliland v. JaynesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Richards v. GilbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Schapiro v. ChapinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1930
- Casey v. Hart Wallace & Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
- McHugh v. BockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1948
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Eli Trujillo v. Uniroyal Corporation, a New Jersey CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- John E. Massengale, Trustee v. Transitron Electronic CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
- United Bonding Insurance Company v. CastleAlaska Supreme Court · 1968
- Curtis Howard v. Kerr Glass Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Bechtel Properties, Inc. v. Samuel BlankenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
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