Case Analysis Worksheet: Briggs V. Sackett

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This Worksheet is Posted on Blackboard CASE ANALYSIS WORKSHEET (LW121) Student Name: Joshua Potter | | Case Name: Briggs v. Sackett | | Class Time: 10-10:50 | | Chapter/Topic: | | ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........... Rev. 8-12-13 Homework Question: Is there an enforceable agreement to purchase the home? | Summary of Essential Facts: | * In 1955, Mr. and Mrs. Briggs bought a home for $11,600, in Levittown,PA * They made a $100down payment and borrowed $11,500 with a 30-year mortgage requiring payments of $82/month * In late 1961, the Briggs were in financial difficulty, were unable to pay the mortgage and other home-related expenses and they moved out of the house * At this time the Broggs and sacketts entered into an oral agreement based on which the Sacketts movedinto the Briggs’ house and paid the three months of delinquent payments due on the Briggs’ mortgage * The Sacketts also agreed to make future payments on the mortgage * No writing documents were ever executed regarding this arrangement * The Sacketts continued to live in the house making the monthly mortgage payments an paying all other expenses relating to the property from 1961through 1976 * In 1976, Mr. Briggs filed a lawsuit seeking to evict the Sacketts from his house * The Sacketts filed a counterclaim seeking to enforce the terms of their oral…show more content…
* Detailed Explanation of this Governing Legal Principle * Citation to precise page of textbook/course pack verifying that this is a valid statement of the law | * * * | If the Governing Legal Principle underlying this case is an exception rule, explain the legal principle to which it is an exception: Not Applicable | Application of Black Letter Law to Facts: | | Answer to Homework Question: Yes/No … (include brief legal analysis of conclusion) | Continued on Page

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