Normile v. Miller

BRASWELL, Judge.

In these consolidated cases separate plaintiffs, each a would-be buyer of real property, sued defendant-owner for specific performance of identical written contracts to sell the same parcel of real estate on Oakland Avenue in Charlotte. When summary judgment was granted in favor of plaintiff Segal and when plaintiffs Normile and Kurniawan’s similar motion was denied, Normile and Kurniawan appealed.

The central issue is whether a counteroffer by defendant Miller to Normile and Kurniawan constituted a binding and enforceable option contract to sell land, or whether the…