Diggs v. Siomporas

The somewhat unusual question presented by this appeal is whether the prospective purchasers of a lot of land under an option may waive a defect in the title and compel conveyance of the land subject to the flaw on the refusal of the record titleholder to execute a deed. The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County decreed specific performance and the purported seller appealed. The optionor-appellant is Charles Diggs and the optionees-appellees are Thomas J. Siomporas and Burton Hazel.

The optionees, who were interested in either of two lots in a development known as “Woodland,” engaged a real…