Legal Opinion
Litzenberg v. Litzenberg
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 5, 1986No. 4, September Term, 1986PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODOWSKY, Judge.
Md.Code (1974, 1981 Repl.Vol.), § 5-104 of the Real Property Article provides:
No action may be brought on any contract for the sale or disposition of land or of any interest in or concerning land unless the contract on which the action is brought, or some memorandum or note of it, is in writing and signed by the party to be charged or some other person lawfully authorized by him.
In this case we shall hold that § 5-104 is not satisfied by corroboration of an oral, land disposition contract in testimony given by one who, as agent for the party to be charged, had agreed to the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Trossbach v. TrossbachCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1945
- Boehm v. BoehmCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1943
- Swink & Co. v. Carroll McEntee & McGinley, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Sealock v. HackleyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1946
- Alvey v. AlveyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
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- David v. WarwellCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1991
- Labrecque v. Sunbird Boat Co., Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1994
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