Mid-Town Ltd. Partnership v. Preston

Central Area Youth Association (CAYA) appeals a judgment for specific performance arising out of a purchase and sale agreement entered into with Thomas Bangasser, involving a commercial building owned by CAYA. We reverse.

Facts

The critical facts in this case are not in serious dispute. In the spring of 1988, CAYA owned a building on 23rd Avenue in Seattle, in which it operated bingo games. When the bingo operation became unprofitable, CAYA, through its president, Mary Ann Goe, contacted Thomas Bangasser, whose family owned property on the opposite side of the *229street,1 to see if he or they…