Widener v. Ashkouti

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

In a written agreement, plaintiff Gerald J. Ashkouti agreed to purchase certain real estate from defendants Patricia Marie Widener and Janet Widener Sims, Trustees of the Item VI Trust under the will of Marie Louise Browne Widener. When no closing took place within 45 days after the Gwinnett County Commission refused to rezone the property as plaintiff desired, defendants considered the agreement expired, returned plaintiff’s escrow money, and sold the property to a third party. Plaintiff sued for an alleged anticipatory breach of the sales agreement, and in Ashkouti…