Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Arizona

written agreement

Wife & I own a peice of property in Az people that own the property next door offerd to buy our lot. after going back an forth for a period of time, we recieved a letter stating yes they will buy the property and pay cash.contact them as soon as possible. which I did by phone, again she agreed to the price an I gave them the option of two title co in there area. a month went by an I hadn't heard from them. I called they said they were trying to sell their house an my property. sent letter to them stating I would them to their agreement. they cancled


Asked on 3/19/02, 2:37 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys

Sargis Atanous LAW OFFICE OF SARGIS G. ATANOUS

Re: written agreement

Thanks for your question. The letter they sent you may be sufficient to create a contract. However, generally, it must contain the property description/location, a buy price, an intent/agreement to buy and be signed by the neighbors to be effective against them.

Thus, it would be important to see your various communications back and forth which led to what you believe was a sale of your land. If she agreed to buy the property over the phone, this may not be sufficient since a contract for sale of land must be in writing. Please contact me and I will gladly review whatever documents you have in your possession. I can be reached at (714) 639-6582. Thank you and good luck.

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Answered on 3/19/02, 3:18 pm
Judith Deming Deming & Associates

Re: written agreement

I am assuming that you wish to cause them to carry out your agreement. The only way to do this would be to file suit for specific performance of your "contract." You may or may not have a "contract", in that you need to have specific terms, price, etc., set out in a document signed by them, and if is not clear that your correspondence would suffice. Furhter, even if it does, suit would need to be filed in Arizona, as the property is located there, and Arizona law would prevail.

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Answered on 3/19/02, 3:54 pm


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