· 2/9/2001
Bixler v. Bullard
Citations
- 769 A.2d 690
- 172 Vt. 53
- 2001 Vt. LEXIS 5
How courts have described this case
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- noting that preliminary agreements range from firm binding commitments to agreements creating no binding effect
- noting that preliminary agreements range from firm binding commitments to agreements creating no binding effect
- \Intent to be bound is a question of fact to be determined at trial.\
- “The question whether there was a contract between the parties does not depend alone on the specified facts found but also upon reasonable inferences to be drawn from them.” (quotation omitted)
- “In determining what one party intended and the other ought to have understood, regard must be had to the situation and purpose of the parties, the subject matter and course of the negotiations.” (quotation omitted)
- intent to be bound by contract is question of fact
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Judges: Amestoy, Dooley, Morse, Johnson, Skoglund
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