43 Wash. 2d 603 - Johnston v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 1979
most recently cited
2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sams v. Olympia Holding Co. · Fitzpatrick v. Bradshaw
Most-quoted passages
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““Otherwise, an owner could obtain a satisfactory, enforceable contract at the instance of a broker, and, on one hand, claim the advantage of that accepted contract by forfeiting it and retaining the benefits of its non-performance, and, on the other, decline to pay the one who procured it for him by asserting his own election not to specifically enforce its full performance.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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