Salem Church v. Numsen

This is an appeal by Salem Church of the United Brethern in Christ in Baltimore County, appellant, from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City ordering it to specifically perform its obligation to purchase a church property from the surviving trustees of the Arlington Methodist Episcopal Church South, unincorporated, and the Arlington Methodist Church, a body corporate, appellees.

The question for our decision is whether the appellees can convey a good and marketable title to the lot of ground and improvements described in a contract of sale, entered into by the parties on the 9th day…