Legal Opinion
Craven v. Elmo
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 12, 1982No. 80-255PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
We decide in this appeal whether a motions judge erred in denying appellant/trustee’s Petition to Set Aside the Order Nisi Sale and to Declare the Forfeiture of the [Order Nisi Purchaser’s] Deposit, when the intervenor/purchaser refused to proceed with the sale of property until all housing code violations on the premises had been corrected despite a provision of the contract which expressly stated that the property was to be sold “as is.” We conclude that the judge did so err and reverse.
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On June 8, 1976, a complaint was filed in Superior Court seeking partition and…
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- Graves v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
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