Jones v. Rose

This case was commenced by a bill in equity which was filed to enforce specifically the performance of a contract for the sale of a lot of ground lying in Baltimore City. The contract is admitted. The purchaser refused to accept the title and to pay for the property solely because it is alleged that the vendors are not the owners of the fee ; and it is insisted that they are not the owners of the fee by reason of there being an outstanding ground rent charged upon the lot. The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts. Cifcuit Court No. 2 decreed that the purchaser should forthwith…