Can a written agreement be enforced if the written agreement is not executed?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Schmidt v. Twin Butte Energy Ltd., 2012 ABQB 649 (CanLII):
In Peters v. Wilson Estate, 2011 ABQB 665, [2011] A.J. 1207, Justice Hall concluded that, while an oral agreement had been reached and reduced to writing, it could not be enforced because the written agreement was not executed.
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