Legal Opinion
Kasten Construction Co. v. Maple Ridge Construction Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 9, 1967No. [No. 43, September Term, 1966.]PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHorney, J.
The question presented by this appeal is whether the Maple Ridge Construction Company (Maple Ridge), as buyer, is entitled to require the Kasten Construction Company (Kasten), as seller, to specifically perform a contract in which settlement for the sale of certain building lots was to have been made in sixty days but the time was not stipulated as being of the essence.
The contract of sale, dated December 4, 1964, provided for the sale and purchase of a tract of land in Section 4 of the Maple Ridge Subdivision in Anne Arundel County consisting of thirty-four “finished” lots 1 designated as…
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