McGeary v. Satchwell
Cases that cite this one
8 later published cases cite this decision.
- Gould v. Otto (Cal. Ct. App. 1927)
- Atkinson v. Boynton (Cal. Ct. App. 1929)
- Weatherhead v. Cooney (Idaho 1919)
- Taylor v. Peterson (Or. 1915)
- Sorenson v. Smith (Or. 1913)
- Proulx v. Sacramento Valley Land Co. (Cal. Ct. App. 1912)
- Beahler v. Clark (Ind. Ct. App. 1903)
- Sellers v. Solway Land Co. (Cal. Ct. App. 1916)
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Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a judgment for the defendant and an order denying a new trial. The action was brought to recover the sum of three hundred and forty dollars for services rendered by the plaintiff in effecting a sale of defendant's land. On the trial the court refused to hear evidence of the contract on the ground it was not in writing.
The cases comes directly under the provisions of section 1624, subdivision 6, of the Civil Code; and similar contracts have uniformly been held invalid by this court. (McCarthy v. Loupe,
The judgment and order should be affirmed.
Haynes, C., and Gray, C., concurred.
For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion the judgment and order are affirmed.
Garoutte, J., Van Dyke, J., Harrison, J.
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