Legal Opinion
Bluestone v. Mathewson
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided August 5, 1982No. 13309PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALDSON, Justice.
The defendant-respondent, John B. Mathewson, owned a rental house in Cheney, Washington. Around August 15, 1977, the plaintiff-appellant, Joyce Bluestone, contacted him about the possibility of her renting the house. Mathewson informed her that another person had already contacted him, but if that person did not rent the house he would hold the premises open for her. Bluestone then paid him $390.00 for the first and last months rent and a damage deposit.
Bluestone claimed she paid the $390.00 so that she would be considered for tenancy if the other person decided not to rent…
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