ALLEN v. LINDSTROM

Record Nos. 860675, 861158 and 861034.

379 S.E.2d 450 (1989)

Edwin H. ALLEN, et al. v. James LINDSTROM, et al. Edwin H. ALLEN, et al. v. James LINDSTROM, et al. Timothy R. McGOWAN, et al. v. COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Spahn (Philip C. Baxa; Mays & Valentine, on briefs), for appellants in Nos. 860675 and 861158.

Henry F. Brandenstein, Jr. (Raymond A. Ceresa; Rees, Broome & Diaz, P.C., on briefs), for appellees in Nos. 860675 and 861158.

Alan B. Morrison (Henry F. Brandenstein, Jr., Rees, Broome & Diaz, P.C., on briefs), for appellants in No. 861034.

Gant Redmon (John R. Braswell, on brief), for appellees in No. 861034.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this opinion, we decide appeals of three cases arising from a controversy over the purchase of one parcel of land. The main issues are whether the trial court properly denied a purchasers' request for specific performance and whether a real estate agent owes a duty to a prospective purchaser to communicate a purchase offer to a seller for whom the agent was acting as the exclusive real estate broker.

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