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Email, a Legally Binding Contract?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-one-smells-fishy dept.

slashrot writes "Boston.com has a story on a dispute between a home buyer and seller in which they agreed on terms in a series of email messages. Superior court judge Ernest B. Murphy decided that even though these messages only contain typewritten names instead of signatures, they still constitute a binding contract. It's said to be a first in Massachusetts." The particulary look to me like a home seller trying to weasel out of a deal, but the ramifications of the decision are substantial. This is really worth a read.

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  1. First shitting on haircuts post. by DirtyTroll · · Score: -1, Troll

    I shit on all your haircuts.

  2. FIRST FISH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I AM A FISH!

  3. Erm... by Levine · · Score: 2, Troll
    The particulary look to me like ...
    I think I speak for all of us when I say:

    Uh, what?

    Regards,
    levine
  4. Mirror by Alan_Thicke · · Score: -1, Troll

    Here is a mirror.

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  5. This will be overturned by Lord+Hugh+Toppingham · · Score: -1, Troll

    It is simply impossible to verify the authenticity of the emails.

  6. Re:Email Contracts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Key the bitch's car to hell, and I figure that you'll be even.

  7. Re:Email Contracts by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 1, Troll



    Yeah, last time I tried getting somthing out of a minor the cops almost got me.

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