Dyer v. Otis Warren Real Estate Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an agent does not have implied authority to execute a contract to sell real estate which is binding on the principal
• noting that Otis Warren was not an owner because it lacked “express authority to sell the property”
• noting that Otis Warren was not an owner because it lacked \express authority to sell the property\
• “The goal with which we approach the interpretation of a statute is to determine the intention of the Legislature in enacting it.”
• “[F]or the petitioner’s interpretation to be adopted, ... there would need to be additional language added to [the statute]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).