Baltimore Permanent Building & Land Society v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception.—At the trial the plaintiff being asked “had you any means of knowing the market value of this property on the 14th of April, 1877? (the date of the breach of the contract,) replied that he knew what it was worth to him from contracts he had made to sell parts of it; one of said contracts was made on the 7th of March.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception.—At the trial the plaintiff being asked “had you any means of knowing the market value of this property on the 14th of April, 1877? (the date of the breach of the contract,) replied that he knew what it was worth to him from contracts he had made to sell parts of it; one of said contracts was made on the 7th of March. Thereupon the counsel for the plaintiff examined the witness as to the contract, and he testified that on the 7th of March, 1877, he contracted to sell an undivided…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
This is an action instituted hy the appellee, for the-breach of a contract made with him hy the appellant, for the sale of a parcel of land. The contract is dated February 16th, 1877. The property which is the subject-matter of the contract, is therein described as “all that property situate and lying in Calvert County, Md., containing about sixty-five acres, being a part of the property known as ‘Solomon’s Island,’ and which was purchased by said Land Society from Philip M. Snowden,, trustee, under a decree passed by the Circuit Court for Calvert County, in equity, in the case of the…
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