Legal Opinion
Horning v. Ferguson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 7, 1947No. 472PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
This is an action brought by appellee, plaintiff below, against appellant arising out of a contract for the sale of defendant’s *117former residence in Kenwood, Montgomery County, Maryland. The controversy involves a narrow strip of land which defendant did not own but which plaintiff claims was represented to him as being part of the property. The trial court, sitting without a jury, awarded plaintiff damages of $2,500. Defendant appeals.
At the time of the sale to plaintiff, defendant owned a lot having a frontage of 150 feet and a depth of over 13'5 feet, improved by a…
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- Fitzpatrick v. FlannaganSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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