PATTON v. GRAVES

[No. 490, September Term, 1965.]

244 Md. 528 (1966)

224 A.2d 411

PATTON v. GRAVES, ET UX.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 6, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Topf, with whom was Joseph S. Cullins, Jr., on the brief, for appellant.

Leonard C. Collins for appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and HORNEY, MARBURY, BARNES and McWILLIAMS, JJ.


McWILLIAMS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Can a contract for the sale of realty be enforced if it is made on Sunday? Before that question, the principal one in this appeal, can be answered we first must decide whether the contract was, in fact, made on Sunday.

In August 1963, the appellant (Mrs. Patton), an elderly widow, paid $22,000 for a brick dwelling in one of the residential areas of Prince George's...

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