Milot v. Calkins

Plaintiff Gerald C. Milot appeals a decision by the Chittenden Superior Court denying him specific performance and damages on a written contract for the sale of land owned by defendant Rena E. Calkins. The trial court determined that the par ties did not mutually agree to all essential contract terms and therefore held the contract unenforceable. We affirm.

In 1984, Rena Calkins listed fifty acres of her one-hundred acre parcel on Dorset Street in South Burlington with a realtor, William Rowell, for a selling price of $800,000. She hoped thereby to raise the funds necessary to purchase another…