Wm. Skinner & Sons' Ship-Building & Dry-Dock Co. v. Houghton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of Circuit Court No. 2, of Baltimore City (Stockbridge, J.), by which it was adj udged that the plaintiff had no claim, legal or equitable, to the funds arising from the policies of insurance mentioned in the proceedings. The cause was argued before McSherry, C. J., Fowler, Boyd, Pearce, Schmucker and Jones, JJ.
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, J.
On the 18th day of February, 1899, Caroline S. Houghton and her husband entered into an agreement with Charles E. Savage by which they agreed to sell and convey to him or his assigns, upon written notice of the acceptance of the agreement within sixty days from its date, certain property in the city of Baltimore for the sum of fifty thousand dollars. It was agreed that the purchaser should pay the purchase-mon'ey within ninety days after the notification of the acceptance and two hundred dollars, paid when the agreement was made, was to be credited on the amount. Within the sixty days (on…
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