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<p class="MsoNormal">From a trial brief I just filed</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If the agreement lacks a proper legal description, it is void.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">The statute of frauds for real property provides, “Every conveyance of real estate, or any interest therein, and every contract creating or evidencing any encumbrance upon real
estate, shall be by deed … .” </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1530671&crid=24ded445-176c-452f-9b50-7a2f3d8b9547&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A4VK8-WNS0-TXFX-X21H-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdteaserkey=&pdislpamode=false&pdworkfolderlocatorid=NOT_SAVED_IN_WORKFOLDER&ecomp=174k&earg=sr1&prid=e0a597d4-d856-4e55-a402-2aa4770e992e"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">RCW
64.04.010</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">. </span><span style="color:#212121;background:white">Every deed “shall be in writing, signed by the party bound thereby, and acknowledged.”
</span><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/document/documentlink/?pdmfid=1530671&crid=0a1b0bdd-c6f5-467d-a82d-8cc6bb91bb44&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A55D0-4NB1-F04M-B05S-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdproductcontenttypeid=urn%3Apct%3A30&pdiskwicview=false&pdpinpoint=&ecomp=2gntk"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">RCW
64.04.020</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">. Deeds of trust must comply with all mortgage laws (RCW 61.24.020) and the real estate statute of frauds.
<i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">GLEPCO, LLC v. Reinstra</span></i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">, 175 Wash. App. 545, 554, 307 P.3d 744 (2013) (“</span></span><span style="color:black">Deeds of trust and trustee's
deeds are subject to the <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
statute of frauds</span>.”).</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">It is the unusually strict but well-settled rule in Washington that to comply with these statutes, real estate subject to a conveyance must be described in sufficient detail that
<b>the court is not compelled to resort to extrinsic evidence in order to find out what was in the minds of the contracting parties</b>.
<span class="ssrfcsection"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://plus.lexis.com/document/documentlink/?pdmfid=1530671&crid=0a1b0bdd-c6f5-467d-a82d-8cc6bb91bb44&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A55D0-4NB1-F04M-B05S-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdproductcontenttypeid=urn%3Apct%3A30&pdiskwicview=false&pdpinpoint=&ecomp=2gntk"><span class="ssit"><i><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Martin
v. Seigel</span></i></span>, 35 Wn.2d 223, 228, 212 P.2d 107 (1949)</a>; <a href="https://plus.lexis.com/document/documentlink/?pdmfid=1530671&crid=0a1b0bdd-c6f5-467d-a82d-8cc6bb91bb44&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A55D0-4NB1-F04M-B05S-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdproductcontenttypeid=urn%3Apct%3A30&pdiskwicview=false&pdpinpoint=&ecomp=2gntk">
<span class="ssit"><i><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Key Design, Inc. v. Moser</span></i></span>, 138 Wn.2d 875, 883-84, 983 P.2d 653</a>, <a href="https://plus.lexis.com/document/documentlink/?pdmfid=1530671&crid=0a1b0bdd-c6f5-467d-a82d-8cc6bb91bb44&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fcases%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A55D0-4NB1-F04M-B05S-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10841&pdproductcontenttypeid=urn%3Apct%3A30&pdiskwicview=false&pdpinpoint=&ecomp=2gntk">993
P.2d 900 (1999)</a></span></span></span><span class="ssrfcsection"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Kofmehl v. Baseline Lake, LLC</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">,
167 Wn. App. 677, 689-90, 275 P.3d 328, 335 (2012) (emphasis added.).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoQuote" style="text-indent:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Washington courts have long held that to comply with the statute of frauds, a deed conveying land must describe the land conveyed in sufficient
detail that it can be located without recourse to oral testimony (unless the deed refers to another instrument that does contain a sufficient description).
<i>Bigelow v. Mood</i>, 56 Wn.2d 340, 341, 353 P.2d 429 (1960). <b>An agreement containing an inadequate legal description is void.</b>
<i>Howell</i>, 28 Wn. App. at 495-96. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Washington's rule is “the strictest in the nation … . In most states an incomplete description or a street address is sufficient, and parol evidence may be received to locate the land.
Not so in Washington.” 18 <span style="font-variant:small-caps;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">William B. Stoebuck & John W. Weaver, Washington Practice: Real Estate: Transactions</span> § 16.3, at 225 (2d ed. 2004).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Maier v. Giske</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">, 154
Wn. App. 6, 15, 223 P.3d 1265 (2010) (Emphasis added.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In <i><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Home Realty Lynnwood, Inc. v. Walsh</span></i><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">,
146 Wn. App. 231, 233, 189 P.3d 253 (2008), </span>Division One reversed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment which relied on the oral testimony of the parties to a purchase and sale agreement. It stated:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoQuote" style="text-indent:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Because we adhere to Washington's strict rule against recourse to oral testimony in determining whether a legal description satisfies the statute of frauds, we reverse the trial court's
order granting the Walshes' summary judgment motion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Id. </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">at 233.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, April 19, 2023 8:57 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 4:53 PM Eric Nelsen <<a href="mailto:eric@sayrelawoffices.com">eric@sayrelawoffices.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Pfui. Garbage defense. Assertion of the existence of a PSA is an affirmative defense against the eviction because it evades or negates elements necessary to prove UD—whether the occupant is a “tenant” under a “rental agreement” as defined in Title 59. The burden
of proof on affirmative defenses is with the defendant. <u>See</u> <u>Kastanis v. Educ. Emps. Credit Union</u>, 122 Wash.2d 483, 493, 859 P.2d 26 (1993) (the defendant bears the burden of proof “only where it asserts an ‘affirmative defense’ ”);
<u>Locke v. City of Seattle</u>, 133 Wash.App. 696, 713, 137 P.3d 52 (2006) (“The burden of proof is ... placed upon the party asserting the avoidance or affirmative defense.”). The fact that he isn’t making a counterclaim is irrelevant.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Might be able to trip them up immediately if they testify to any term that could or would require performance more than a year after formation. If the agreement was for payments to be made over multiple years, that violates
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Since this would be a pretty complex lie to pull off, I’d depose/examine the occupant concerning all the specifics on when and how the agreement was formed—on the phone? in person? when? and then question all the elements of formation and performance – offer,
acceptance, consideration, purchase price, payment terms, interest rate, type of deed conveyance, escrow, title insurance company, closing date, any financing required, contingencies, etc., etc., until they’re desperately making up as many random clauses as
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Ask them about contextual/circumstantial evidence of the existence of a contract. After the agreement was made, then what? Did they make payments? Any evidence of those payments? Checks have “installment payment on contract” written on them, or anything like
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Re the original question about statute of frauds at trial—I’d file a Motion in Limine asking the Court to exclude all evidence/testimony suggesting the existence of a contract in violation of RCW 19.36.010(1). At the least, this puts the issue at the forefront
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 18, 2023 3:53 PM<br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NJP attorney is arguing that they don’t have to prove a purchase and sale agreement because title is not the issue. NJP is arguing that they are presenting the testimony that T is buying the
property as a <i>defense</i> that Plaintiff must overcome because Plaintiff has the burden of proof
<i>and</i> T is not asserting it as a counter-claim. Any thoughts? I’m arguing it is two sides of the same coin.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I agree with Kelby. I represented a defendant in a UD case several years back who claimed he had an agreement to buy the property, and we lost because we didn't satisfy the statute of frauds. My
client had an email or two and his testimony that it was a "rent to own" situation (plaintiff was his sister!). Is it too late for SJ? If discovery hasn't produced a signed agreement that adequately identifies the property and the terms of sale, you should
win on SJ. At trial, I don't think there's much weighing of evidence - there's either a written contract or there isn't. If there is a written contract, the judge should then be the one to weigh the evidence as a matter of law only in the event there is some
question about whether a written agreement adequately describes the property or the terms.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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I would think that whether a contract exists for the sale of the property would be a question of fact. So, if you are representing the Plaintiff in the trial, when your client testifies and in anticipation of what the Defendant is going to argue, have the
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sale of the property. Then, after the Defendant is finished with presenting his/her defense and counterclaims and introduces whatever documents into evidence, you can recall your client to provide rebuttal testimony to address whatever the Defendant introduced.
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On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 4:07 PM Paul Neumiller <<a href="mailto:pneumiller@hotmail.com" target="_blank">pneumiller@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">So I have a trial coming up where the occupant says occupant is buying the house and I represent the LL who says the occupant is renting the house and therefore subject to unlawful detainer.
The occupant has little to show that occupant is buying the house and therefore the statute of frauds kicks in. But how? Is it a “weight of the evidence type of thing” where the occupant can still present oral testimony and a couple of documents which don’t
meet the requirements of the statute of limitations? Or, can I object (on what grounds?) to the evidence from being presented at trial
<i>in the first place</i> because it fails to rise to the level of documentation required by the statute of frauds? In other words, I have this thing called the statute of frauds. On a practical basis, how do I use it at trial?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">BTW, I have read many sources regarding the statute and none have addressed how it is used at trial.
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