SMITH v. FARRELL


98 S.E.2d 3 (1957)

199 Va. 121

Mayer SMITH v. Edward J. FARRELL.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 26, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipman Redman, Washington, D. C. (Thomas G. Mays, Jr.; Adams, Porter & Radigan, Arlington, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Anna F. Hedrick, Arlington (Ewell G. Moore, Jr., Arlington; Hedrick, Fletcher, Moore & Leigh, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE and SNEAD, JJ.


SNEAD, Justice.

Edward J. Farrell, a real estate broker, filed motion for judgment against Mayer Smith for $371,679.03 as damages resulting from a breach of an oral contract entered into between the parties on June 15, 1954.

He averred in his motion that Smith agreed to construct 1,500 houses in a subdivision known as Ada Valley, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, beginning "on or near September 18, 1954, and to be completed within a reasonable time thereafter...

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