Legal Opinion
Douglas v. Lyles
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 15, 2004No. 02-CV-1176PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant seeks reversal of the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to ap-pellees in her action for specific performance of a contract to sell to appellant a house at 63 Quincy Place, N.W. The trial court held that appellees could not be compelled to convey the property through a grant of specific performance because the appellees did not hold clear title to the property. We conclude that the appellees have both a duty and the apparent ability to provide marketable title under the contract for sale. Accordingly, we reverse the grant of summary judgment and remand…
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