Daly v. Bright

OPINION

DITTER, District Judge.

The question presented in this suit is whether, as plaintiff contends, the entire amount of a certain note is due, or whether, as defendants assert, there was an agreement to settle for a considerably lesser sum. 1 The case was tried to the court sitting without a jury, and this opinion will constitute my findings of fact and conclusions of law required by Rule 52(a).

Plaintiff’s decedent, Harry J. Daly, an attorney, owned the controlling share of a company which operated a Maryland radio station. Sometime prior to 1969, Daly entered into an agreement to sell his…