Gribble v. Stearman & Kaplan, Inc.

This case involves the conflicting claims of two sets of victims-, of what the lower court termed a “slippery operator,” who are trying to salvage as much as possible of the loss they sustained at his hands, by establishing a right in a fund which is held by trustees who foreclosed a deed of trust resulting in a surplus of $10,879.97.

Stearman & Kaplan, Inc., the appellee, entered into a contract with H. Glenn Garvin, individually, on November 15, 1961 for the purchase of 10 acres of a 26.8 acre tract near College Park, Prince George’s County, Maryland, making a down payment of $7,500 on the…