Goettee v. Steele

BISHOP, Judge.

Appellees Marshall K. Steele and Stephen E. Faust brought a suit for declaratory judgment against appellant John G. Goettee, Personal Representative of the Estate of Elvira B. Chaney. Appellees requested that the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County declare as valid and enforceable by specific performance a contract to purchase real property from Chaney’s estate. The parties executed the contract on July 3, 1985. In a nonjury trial, the circuit court ruled that the appellees were the equitable owners of the subject property and that the appellees could enforce the July 3, 1985…