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- Title: Wetzel v. De Groot Et Al.
- Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
- Release Date : January 06, 1952
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 51 KB
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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 February 1, 1951, the contract
would be null and void. On January 14, 1951, the appellees through another broker made a contract to sell the same property
to a Mr. and Mrs. Hetherington. When appellant learned of the making of the second contract he notified the Brownings, telling
them that appellees' house had been sold in violation of the Browning contract. The Brownings took their home off the market
and appellant made no further effort to sell it. Appellant sued appellees for a commission, alleging he had 'obtained a purchaser * * * ready, willing and able to buy * *
* upon the terms and conditions * * * contained in the sales contract dated January 7th, 1951.' Appellees denied generally
the allegations of the complaint and alleged that appellant 'failed to comply with the terms and conditions set forth in the
contract.' Trial of the case by court without a jury resulted in finding and judgment for appellees.