Strawn v. Jones

In the case before us, appellants, Harry and Faber Strawn, docketed a bill of complaint in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, seeking specific performance of a real estate contract they allegedly entered into with Nathan Jones, one of the appellees. The other appellee, Shiloh Baptist Church of Ardmore, filed a cross-complaint asking that an agreement it had with Jones to buy the same land be declared valid and effective. Judge Loveless in considering this matter dismissed the initial bill and held that the pact between Jones and the church was binding. From that ruling this appeal…