Crown Oil and Wax Co. of Delaware, Inc. v. Glen Construction Co. of Virginia, Inc.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

“It is an ancient rule of the common law that a person who did not enter into a contract, or succeed to the interest of those who did, has no right of action for its breach, although he sustained damage thereby.” Levy v. Glens Falls Indem. Co., 210 Md. 265, 270, 123 A.2d 348, 351 (1956). In this case we examine the concept of a “successor” in the context of steps in the development of a parcel of unimproved, commercially zoned realty. The issue is whether, under a construction contract signed, as owner, by a corporation controlled by two individuals developing the property,…