Saeed Morad v. Antonio Silva & Others

The appeal is by the sellers in a contract for the sale of two building lots from a decree for specific performance granted the purchaser. On June 21, 1954, by written contract, Ralph Chapman and Katheryn D. Chapman, his wife, sold, and William R. Thomas, III, purchased lots 11 and 12 of block 103, Garrett Park, Montgomery County, at a price approximately $1,000 less than the original asking price. The contract provided that within thirty days from its date "or as soon thereafter as a report on the title can be secured if promptly ordered", settlement was to be made. Neither expressly nor by implication was time made of the essence of the contract. Thomas, the purchaser, immediately ordered a title search, a survey and plans for the erection of his house. He obtained from the Veterans Administration a certificate of