Legal Opinion
Firth v. Hefu Lu
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 2002No. 70702-2PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanders, J.
— We here consider whether an agreement to transfer shares in a corporation that operates a housing cooperative is subject to the real estate statute of frauds, RCW 64.04.010. We hold that it is not because stock in a cooperative corporation is not an interest in real property transferable by deed.
FACTS
In 1977 Donald Firth and Barbara Palecek moved into the Maryland Apartments, a housing cooperative on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. The housing cooperative was organized in *6111948 by the filing articles of incorporation for the Maryland Apartments, Inc., the corporation that owns the land and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by12 opinions
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