WHEELER v. BURGER

No. 1869.

126 A.2d 869 (1956)

Asher L. WHEELER, Appellant, v. Clarence BURGER, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asher L. Wheeler, Washington, D. C., appellant, pro se.

Thomas S. Jackson, Washington, D. C., with whom Louis M. Denit, Martin R. Fain and Richard A. Bishop, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant agreed to sell and appellee agreed to buy certain real estate for a price of $24,000. At time of settlement appellee refused to complete the sale and about two months later appellant sold the property to another person for $23,000. This action was brought by appellant for $1,000, alleged to be his loss resulting from appellee's default. The trial court ruled that the measure of damages was the difference between the contract price...

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