>>>>> "Shane" == Shane F Ingate <ingate@shiseis.com> writes:
Shane> I did not know that verbal agreements were legally binding.
It does depend on the situation, but unless my counsel has lied to me,
verbal contracts can be binding. What constitutes a binding verbal
contract is the sticky part. In this case, it was actually E-Mail (thus
written, though transiently, and not legally signed by the parties
involved) and verbal. The content (which is the significant part
according to my lawyer) was that for a certain amount of compensation
(money), delivered by a certain date, consideration (the car) would be
given. Whether it would have been declared so in a court is up to the
lawyers involved, but I was told I had a good chance. If the fees had
been more than they were I might have pursued it further.
Shane> Could you (or some other lister) explain in lay language why
Shane> you could take this person to court based on a verbal
Shane> agreement? All of us on the list buy and sell cars at some
Shane> stage in our lives, and we dont want to get caught out!
Act in good faith and you should (IMNSEO*) be relatively safe. Never say
anything you don't mean, and never mean anything you don't say. Of
course, I generally try to work that way as a matter of course.
-MM
*In My Not-So-Educated Opinion
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