Povey v. Clow

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a term is not material merely because, after the agreement was reached, the parties were unable to resolve their differences regarding it
• holding that the “identification of the property” is always a material and essential term in a land sale contract
• “Plaintiffs had the burden to establish that the . . . contract was definite in all material respects, with nothing left for future negotiation.”
• discussing potentially material terms in land sale contracts
• listing material elements of land sale contracts
• listing material elements of land sale contracts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dalton v. Robert Jahn Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2006-11-01· cited 21×
• Logan v. D. W. Sivers Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2007-10-18· cited 19×
• Johnstone v. Zimmer
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2003-11-26· cited 19×
• Olson v. F & D Publishing Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1999-05-19· cited 16×
• Lang v. Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2001-04-04· cited 8×
• Earls v. Corning
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2006-09-13· cited 2×
• Obrist v. Harmon
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1997-09-24· cited 1×
• Barman v. Union Oil Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-09-26· cited 1×
• Cessnun v. Daily
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2008-10-15

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Phillips v. Johnson
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1973-09-27· cited 77×
• Booras v. Uyeda
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1983-06-29· cited 41×
• Genest v. John Glenn Corporation
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1985-03-06· cited 22×
• Burns v. Witter
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1910-04-19· cited 16×
• Bergsvik v. Bergsvik
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1955-12-07· cited 13×
• Miller v. Ogden
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1995-05-31· cited 11×
• Ochs v. Albin
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1995-10-11· cited 10×
• Held v. Held
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1972-02-25· cited 5×
• Painter v. Huke
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1993-11-03· cited 1×