Legal Opinion

Gallioto v. Trapani

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 14, 1959No. 42587PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMON, Justice.

This is a suit for the return of a deposit under an agreement to purchase a lease.

Defendant James Cartee, who was in the bar and restaurant business at Star Drive Inn, 1605 Airline Highway, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, engaged the services of defendants Trapani-Landview, real estate brokers, to secure a purchaser for the business. As a result of their endeavors, on November 17, 1953, plaintiff Luke Gallioto signed an agreement to purchase the business for. the sum of $12,000. The agreement provided for the sale to be consummated two days later, the transfer to be “subject to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Succession of GilmoreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
  2. Ward v. WarfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1848
  3. Fred G. Jones & Co. v. SanfordSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  4. Martin v. FontenotLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1946
  5. Andrus v. Eunice Band Mill Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ledoux v. Old Republic Life Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
  2. Bamber Contractors, Inc. v. Morrison Engineering & Contracting Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
  3. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport v. CrawfordLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
  4. David Moore Development Co. v. Higgins Industries, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
  5. Hanover Insurance Co. v. Caruso-Simoneaux Agency, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1971

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