Contracts—Earnest-Money Payments—Vendee's Recovery Denied Where Agreement Fails to Comply with Statute of Frauds

Authors

Stanley H. Barer

Abstract

In Schweiter v. Halsey, the Washington Supreme Court held that if a vendor of real property has not repudiated, but is ready, willing and able to perform, the vendee cannot recover payments made upon the purchase price although the earnest-money agreement does not satisfy the Statute of Frauds.

First Page

152

Recommended Citation

Stanley H. Barer, Washington Case Law, Contracts—Earnest-Money Payments—Vendee's Recovery Denied Where Agreement Fails to Comply with Statute of Frauds, 37 Wash. L. Rev. 152 (1962).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wlr/vol37/iss2/7