128 Wash. 2d 521 - Malnar v. Carlson’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
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Most-quoted passages
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“On December 27, 1984, the Defendant signed an agreement to buy this property from Charles Richardson. The Golden Valley property was adjacent to property which the parties agree they owned together. In a sworn statement by the Richardson brothers dated March 5, 1988, the Richardsons state the Plaintiff made the original contacts with them to offer to buy their land, and because of those contacts they called the Plaintiff when they decided to sell the property. They also stated that the Plaintiff set up a meeting to introduce them to”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Malnar v. Carlson“[I]f, by its terms, performance is possible within one year, however unlikely that may be, the agreement is not within the statute of frauds; and it is also legally immaterial that the actual period of performance exceeded one year[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“and there is an easement in favor of the subject property granted in the names of both the Defendant and the Plaintiff. There are receipts in the record for reimbursement to the Plaintiff for”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Malnar v. Carlson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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