Lanahan v. Heaver
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception.- — The plaintiff and defendant respectively offered nine prayers which the Court (Ritchie, J.) rejected, and ruled as matter of law on the facts found, first, that the defendant committed a breach of the entire contract, as to the five houses in question, by his refusal to pay the first instalment due under the contract on three of them, and by his notice then given…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception.- — The plaintiff and defendant respectively offered nine prayers which the Court (Ritchie, J.) rejected, and ruled as matter of law on the facts found, first, that the defendant committed a breach of the entire contract, as to the five houses in question, by his refusal to pay the first instalment due under the contract on three of them, and by his notice then given that he would not pay any future instalment on any of said five houses; and that he thereby legally prevented the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, J.
This case is now before us for the third time. The prior appeals are reported in 74 Md., 493, and 77 Md., 605. The latter of these has no relation to the merits of the case, but the former has. A brief statement of the facts is necessary to present in concise form the questions which are now brought up for final decision.
It appears that on June 16th, 1888, the appellant, being the owner of twenty-seven unimproved groundrents situated on North avenue in the city of Baltimore, entered into a contract with the appellee, whereby the latter agreed to erect twenty-seven houses, of the dimensions…
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- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Brydon ex rel. DavisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
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