Hoang v. Hewitt Avenue Associates

Murphy, C.J., Eyler, Deborah S ., Rodowsky, Lawrence F., (Ret'd, Specially Assigned), JJ. Opinion The genesis of this appeal is a failed real estate transaction in the Silver Spring area of Montgomery County. Hewitt A venue Associates, LL C (""HA A""), the appellee, entered into a contract to purchase two contiguous parcels of raw land from Minh-Vu Hoang, the appellant, and others. The multiple listing for the property advertised it as suitable for building 15 town houses. HAA purchased the property to develop into a town house community. When Hoang and the other sellers failed to close on the sale, HAA sued them, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, for specific performance and breach of contract. In the addamnum clause of its breach of contract count HAA sought da mages ""in excess of $100,000.""