Kuh v. Lemcke

Citations

• 107 Wash. 45
• 180 P. 889
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 720

Syllabus

<p>Vendor and Purchaser (5, 6)—Requisites—Offer to Sell or Purchase—Acceptance Varying From Offer. Though an agent was authorized by wire to accept a deposit on a proposed sale of lands, the minds of the parties did not meet and there was no binding contract for the sale, where the agent’s earnest money receipt stated that the sale was subject to the owner’s approval, and the owner declined to accept the terms proposed thereafter by which he was to pay taxes not due and accept seven per cent interest on deferred payments.</p> <p>Frauds, Statute of (35)—Contract for Broker’s Commission— Description of Land. A contract for a broker’s commission on the sale of “the north 10 acres of orchard tract seven miles west of T.” does not sufficiently describe the land, within Rem. Code, § 5289, requiring the contract to be in writing.</p>