Edward J. Farrell v. James P. Donovan
This text of 238 F.2d 38 (Edward J. Farrell v. James P. Donovan) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Appellant, broker in a real estate transaction, sued both purchasers and sellers for loss of his commission resulting from their cancellation of the contract. The District Court granted appellees’ motions to dismiss the complaint. This action was correct: as to the sellers, on venue grounds, since they are residents of Maryland and were served with process there; as to the purchasers, for lack of a claim upon which relief could be granted, since a purchaser is not accountable to a broker for commission, absent an understanding to that effect, Giovannoni v. Waple & James, Inc., 1939, 70 App.D.C. 229, 100 F.2d 108.
Affirmed.
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