Woel v. Griffith

The chancellor, Raine, J., declared the contract between the parties for the sale of realty “to be rescinded and null and void” because it had been entered into on a Sunday; 19 March 1967 to be exact. Oddly enough the contract would have been perfectly valid and enforceable had they postponed its execution until the first day of June, 74 days later. Laws of Maryland (1967), Ch. 196; Code, Art. 27, § 534F (1968 Cum. Supp.). Neither party has appealed from the declaration of nullity. The narrow question thus presented arises out of Judge Raine’s refusal to allow the appellants (the Woels) to…