United Finance Corp. v. Royal Realty Corp.

This proceeding for the specific enforcement of a contract under which the Royal Realty Corporation agreed to sell, to the United Finance Corporation, seven lots of ground, six on Baltimore Street, and one on Mt. Olivet Lane in Baltimore City, was instituted by the vendor against the vendee in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. The defense was that the vendor could not convey a marketable title to the land sold because a substantial part of it was dedicated to public use as highways of the City of Baltimore. The court rejected that defense, except as to one street not involved in this…