Legal Opinion
Horten J. M. Melaro v. Matthew N. Mezzanotte
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 14, 1965No. 19100_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge.
Appellant brought this suit in the District of Columbia for damages resulting from breach of an alleged contract for the sale of land situated in the State of Maryland. The District Court dismissed on the ground that the judgment of the Maryland court in Melaro v. Fort Washington Estates, Inc., Equity No. B-8678, was res judicata. We reverse.
In the Maryland suit, appellant sued Fort Washington Estates, an appellee here, for specific enforcement of the alleged contract. Maryland, unlike the District of Columbia, retains the distinction between law and equity. Since the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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