Earls v. Corning

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment denying their claim for specific performance of a real estate contract.1 The trial court concluded that the contract was not sufficiently definite because, among other things, it did not include a closing date and because the seller did not check a box indicating that she accepted plaintiffs’ offer. On de novo review, we reverse.

We take the following facts from the record. Katherine Waters and plaintiffs Dean and Corinne Earls signed a written document entitled “OWNER’S SALE AGREEMENT AND EARNEST MONEY RECEIPT,” which pin-ported to be a contract for the sale…