Melvin v. Aldridge
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, by which the defendants’ exceptions to the accounts stated by the plaintiffs were overruled, and it was ordered that defendants should pay to the plaintiffs the sum of $1,673.27. The plaintiffs, J. West Aldridge et al., being the owners of a tract of land near Annapolis, made an agreement in September, 1889, with the defendants, Melvin and Mancha, copartners, by which the latter were appointed agents to lay…
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, by which the defendants’ exceptions to the accounts stated by the plaintiffs were overruled, and it was ordered that defendants should pay to the plaintiffs the sum of $1,673.27. The plaintiffs, J. West Aldridge et al., being the owners of a tract of land near Annapolis, made an agreement in September, 1889, with the defendants, Melvin and Mancha, copartners, by which the latter were appointed agents to lay out and plat into lots and small farms the plaintiffs’ land, and sell the same upon the best terms obtainable, subject…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The plaintiffs entered into a written agreement with the defendants, by the terms of which the latter were to take charge of, manage, lay out and plat into suitable lots certain lands owned by the former on the south side of Severn River, about one mile from Annapolis,. and to develop and sell the same under certain conditions, as stipulated in the agreement just mentioned. It will be unnecessary for us to rehearse all these stipulations, for the main contention upon the merits of the case is based alone upon that which relates to the compensation the defendants are entitled to.
The plaintiffs…
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