Landow v. Georgetown-Inland West Corp.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellant/buyer brought suit against ap-pellee/seller seeking to enforce an alleged oral modification of a contract for the sale of land. Appellant charged that appellee failed to comply with the oral agreement between the parties which provided that the date for settlement on the written contract would be held open indefinitely while appellant attempted to secure certain permits from the District of Columbia government. The trial court granted summary judgment for appellee holding that the oral modification was unenforceable because it was in violation of the Statute…