Miller v. United States Naval Institute

This is an appeal from an Order of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County sustaining a demurrer. In September 1979, appellants Philip Miller and Rita Miller, his wife, filed a bill in equity for specific performance of a contract made by appellee, the United States Naval Institute, to purchase certain land. The precise issue of appellee’s breach, vel non, is not before us. Rather, the appellee demurred, and the demurrer was sustained, upon the ground that, even assuming appellee’s breach, specific performance was precluded since the contract contained a liquidated damages clause designed…