Legal Opinion
Kapiloff v. Abington Plaza Corp.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 1948No. 610PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Through a straw party, Gerald Kapiloff contracted with the Abington Plaza Corporation to purchase certain real estate, and paid a deposit of $2,000 to the brokers in the transaction. The contract provided that if the purchaser did not settle within sixty days from the date of acceptance of the offer by the owner, the deposit might at the option of the seller be forfeited, and that in such event one-half thereof would be allowed the brokers as compensation for their services to tire owner. Kapiloff refused to go through with the transaction when he learned that an Act of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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