Consent-to-Sell Provisions Are Ambiguous 
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Published: January 17, 2013
Tags: Fairfax County Circuit Court, Judge Jonathan C. Thacher, Real Estate, Virginia Circuit Courts
In this dispute over a contract for the sale of real estate with multiple owners, the owners’ Operating Agreements are ambiguous because one provision states 51 percent of the members must agree to sell, and another provision says it takes 80 percent of the members to consent, and the Fairfax Circuit Court says the ambiguity ...
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