Key Design, Inc. v. Moser
Washington Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, C.J.
— This is an action to enforce a real estate purchase and sale agreement. We are asked to overrule our rule that a contract for the sale of real property which does not contain a correct legal description of the property violates the statute of frauds. Additionally, we consider *877whether we should recognize an exception to the above rule where the parties admit in court documents to a legal description of the property inadequately described in the contract. Finally, we are asked to allow the reformation of the contract in this case due to mutual mistake.
We reaffirm the rule requiring that an…
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