Ensor v. WEHLAND

This appeal turns on the meaning of an agreement purporting to give an option to purchase a parcel of land improved by a dwelling at 1626 York Road in Lutherville. Mrs. Katherine Washburn, the original appellee, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilton L. Ensor, the appellants, were neighbors. The Ensors had known Mrs. Washburn for over 20 years and six or eight years before the option agreement was executed they purchased an adjoining lot and erected a dwelling thereon. In August of 1958, the Ensors and Mrs. Washburn entered into an agreement in respect of the purchase of the rear portion of 1626 York Road;…