Pittman v. Thompson

Plaintiff-buyer appeals from the decree of the trial court denying him relief after the defendants declared a forfeiture under a contract for the sale of land. We reverse.

Plaintiff and defendants entered into an earnest money agreement on August 29,1976, in which plaintiff agreed to buy and defendants to sell five acres of land in Deschutes county for $12,500. The earnest money agreement was a printed form on which the particular terms of the sale were filled in by the parties. It provided that the sellers "have this day sold to the * * * purchaser” the described land, possession to be…