Ahrens v. Ijams

On June 26th, 1920, Plummer A. Ijams and Louise B. Ijams, his wife, the plaintiffs, entered into a contract in writing with Walter T. Ahrens and Edna M. Ahrens, his wife, whereby the defendants agreed to sell, and the plaintiffs to buy, for $12,360, a good and merchantable fee simple title to a lot of land in Baltimore City, with a street frontage of fifty feet and a depth of equal width of one hundred and fifty feet. The plaintiffs paid $1,000 on the purchase price, and had the title examined. An alleged defect was then discovered in the title to á portion of the lot, and the plaintiffs…