Court of Appeals of Oregon, 1978

Lamb v. Morderosian

Lamb v. Morderosian
Court of Appeals of Oregon · Decided October 2, 1978 · Gillette, Johnson, Roberts
36 Or. App. 505; 584 P.2d 796; 1978 Ore. App. LEXIS 1945

Lamb v. Morderosian

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Defendants appeal from a summary judgment directing specific performance of an earnest money agreement for sale of a residence. There is no dispute as to any material facts. We decide this case on two elementary principles of law: 1) where an offeree mails to his agent both an acceptance and a counteroffer and the agent submits only the acceptance to the offeror, the offeree is bound by his agent’s actions; and 2) the acceptance was not valid until the agent communicated it to the offeror — Restatement of Contracts § 64, Illustration 2 (1932).

Affirmed.

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