Legal Opinion
Zellan v. Winston
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 8, 1954No. 1535PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment ordering the sellers of real estate to pay a commission of $2,000 to a broker who was found to have procured the purchaser. The parties to the transaction were the appellants, trustees of the Zellan estate, 1 whom we shall call seller; appellees, Winston and Company, real estate brokers; a man named David, who was the actual purchaser; and a man named Rosenberg, who was a straw purchaser.
Broker showed the property to David and obtained from him a written offer to buy it for $40,000. Seller refused this offer. After some negotiation, seller…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hecht Co. v. WhitefordCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Webster v. PerperDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
- Colonial Trust Co. v. Pacific Packing & Navigation Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1907
3Cited by5 opinions
- Nutter v. BechtelCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1967
- Dawson v. NorrisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
- Barkley Bros. v. ShockeyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
- Leimbach v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
- Leimbach v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959