<div dir="auto">If the house is closed, the doctrine of merger might apply. <span style="font-size:inherit;float:none;display:inline!important;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">The claim might be extinguished </span><span style="font-size:inherit">depending upon what type of dispute you’re talking about. </span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">
<div>Best,</div><div>David Kincaid</div><div>Kincaid Law PLLC </div><div>(360) 914-9204 </div><div><a href="http://www.davidkincaidlaw.com" target="_blank">www.davidkincaidlaw.com</a></div>

<div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM Brent Williams-Ruth <<a href="mailto:brent@williams-ruthlaw.com">brent@williams-ruthlaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Greetings My Real Property Colleagues - </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I have a probate where the Executor and their real estate agent did not loop me in prior to closing on a home sale through probate. Things are not as I would have done them - but before making a mountain out of nothing, I am hoping there is a simple answer to this question. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">If there is a dispute over the sale is there a priority over which document controls - the Deed or the Purchase and Sale Agreement?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thank you!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Brent</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
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