BROOK HAVEN, INC. v. SILVERMAN

No. 1737.

120 A.2d 591 (1956)

BROOK HAVEN, Inc., Appellant, v. Ely SILVERMAN, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 17, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Leonard S. Melrod, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Edward Schmeltzer, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

In December 1954 appellee contracted to buy a dwelling house to be erected by appellant and made a deposit of $200. Delivery of the house was to be made prior to December 1955 and the contract provided that appellee make settlement within ten days after notice "or the deposit will be forfeited." The contract also provided that it was contingent "upon the approval of the Veterans Administration and the receipt of a satisfactory Certificate of...

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