Legal Opinion
Aronoff v. Lenkin Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 30, 1992No. 91-CV-78, 90-CV-1425, 90-CV-1426, 90-CV-1427, 90-CV-1428, 90-CV-1429, 90-CV-1532 and 91-CV-77PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
After a bench trial, the Superior Court upheld cancellation of a contract for the purchase and sale of a District of Columbia limited partnership and ordered that a one million dollar deposit (originally in the form of a letter of credit) be returned to the purchasers. The trial judge ruled that by failing to tender insurable title to the limited partnership's realty, the sellers had not complied with an express condition precedent both to the purchasers’ duty to perform at closing and to the sellers’ own right to declare the deposit forfeit; therefore, they had no…
2Cases cited58 opinions
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