Fraley v. Null, Inc.

Robert Fraley, appellant (plaintiff below), for over a year prior to the spring of 1963, had been working farm property in the Creagerstown area, Frederick County, Maryland, consisting of 260 acres which belonged to Eugene Miller. This farm had at one time belonged to the appellant’s father, Austin Fraley, who lost it due to financial reverses.

Miller expressed a desire to sell the farm and in March of 1963, the father proposed to Delbert Null, a friend of many years standing and president of Null, Inc., appellee (defendant below), that appellee purchase the farm and enter into an agreement…