Knopf v. Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

This is an action in contract brought by William C. Knopf t/a Free State Properties (appellant), for a real estate commission of $78,455.65 growing out of a sale of a 500 acre farm, known as Oak Hill, in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The sale was made to Maryland Community Developers, Inc. by the Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company (Mercantile), trustee under the will of W. Seton Belt, deceased. Beneficiaries of the trust were the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. The spokesmen for these two beneficiaries were the Hon. Oliver Gasch and the Hon. Ralph…