Palmer v. McBride
Palmer v. McBride
Opinion of the Court
This is an action for specific performance. From a judgment of dismissal the plaintiff has appealed.
The respondents, husband and wife, were the owners of the real property involved. Without any authority from her husband and without his knowledge, Mrs. McBride, on February 15,1918, delivered to D. B. Bardell, a real estate agent, an unacknowledged written contract of agency to sell the property on the installment plan. On March 7, 1918, the agent Bardell, pursuant to an agreement to sell the property to the appellant upon the terms stated in Mrs. McBride’s contract of agency, received from the appellant the sum of $250 and gave her an earnest money receipt accordingly, signed “Mrs. W. W. McBride, Seller, by D. B. Bardell, Agent.”
Shortly, upon learning of the circumstances, Mr. McBride, who had not given Bardell any authority to sell the property, gave notice to the appellant and Bar-
This is a case, we think, in which the mere statement of the facts argues the case in support of the judgment.
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Jennie V. Palmer v. W. W. McBride
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- Syllabus
- Husband and Wife (68)—Community Pkofebty—Sams by Wife. An agreement by the wife for the sale of community realty, made without the knowledge or consent of- the husband, is not enforceable where there was no element of estoppel binding the community.