Legum v. Blank

This suit was instuted in the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City. There are six common counts and a special one (7), which alleges that the plaintiff purchased, by contract in writing, of the defendants two leasehold properties in the city of Baltimore, subject to an original ground rent of one cent each, with the further condition that “should said ground rents not be original rents,” said contract could, at the option of the plaintiff, be declared null and void; that the plaintiff paid upon the purchase price of said properties a deposit of $25 upon the express condition, recited in…