Crescenta Valley Moose Lodge No. 808 v. Bunt

Opinion

GUSTAFSON, J.

Defendants (hereinafter collectively called “sellers”) are the owners of real property which plaintiff corporation (hereinafter called “buyer”) contracted to purchase by a document dated December 1, 1967, entitled “Standard Form Deposit Receipt.” That document contemplates that the transaction would be completed through an escrowee.

Unfortunately, as is so often the case with contracts prepared by real estate brokers, the document is incomplete and uncertain. The blanks were not filled in the following printed sentence: “Escrow shall be commenced within-days from acceptance…