Macke Co. v. Pizza of Gaithersburg, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
270 A.2d 645 (1970)
Relevant factsFree
Pizza of Gaithersburg, Inc. and three commonly owned corporations (defendants) contracted with Virginia Coffee Service (Virginia) for vending-machine installation under one-year, automatically renewing leases, and when Virginia's assets and these contracts were later purchased and assigned to Macke Company (Macke) (plaintiff), Pizza attempted to terminate the arrangement; Macke sued for breach of contract, and the trial court ruled for Pizza.
IssueFree
Whether rights and duties under a contract are assignable if the assignor was specifically chosen by the other party because of the way it conducted business.