Geraets v. Halter

AMUNDSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Patrick and Michael Geraets appeal from a trial court judgment finding no enforceable contract on the sale of real property. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶2.] Patrick (Pat) and Michael (Mike) Geraets operated as a partnership known as “Geraets Brothers.” Ernest and Ethel Halter owned land that the Geraets rented. Pri- or to the transaction in question, Ernest had always dealt with the partnership, Geraets Brothers, and not with either Pat or Mike individually.

[¶ 3.] On September 2, 1997, Mike Geraets and Ernest discussed the sale of Halters’ land. A price of $750 per acre was…