Legal Opinion

Wetzel v. De Groot

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided March 6, 1952No. 1178PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellees gave appellant, a real estate broker, a non-exclusive agency to find a purchaser for a house and lot in nearby Maryland. As the result of the broker’s efforts, a contract of sale dated January 7, 1951, was made between appellees and a Mr. and Mrs. Browning. This contract contained two conditions: first, that unless the Brownings could sell a home already owned by them for a price which would net them $1,500 more than the price they agreed to pay appellees, the contract would be null and void; and, second, that unless the first condition was “removed” by…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Burke v. DulaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Ware v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Reynolds v. . RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  4. Southern Street Railway Advertising Co. v. Metropole Shoe Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1900
  5. Buckner v. TweedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Luther Williams, Jr., Inc. v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
  2. Foreman v. Melrod Ex Rel. Krick of Maryland, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1970
  3. Edmund J. Flynn Company v. SchlosserDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
  4. Downing v. H. G. Smithy Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
  5. Jess Fisher & Co. v. DarbyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1953

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