Question: McLeish Ranch signed an agreement to list land for sale with Reinhold Schauer. The agreement stated the terms would be "cash upon delivery of deed. Sale includes one-half of the mineral rights, oil, gas." Erwin Grossman signed a "contract for sale" to purchase the land for the full price in the listing agreement, subject to financing, and stating coal and gravel were included minerals.
The ranch would not sell the land. Grossman sued for specific performance alleging the listing agreement constituted an offer to sell that was accepted by Grossman's signing of the "contract for sale." Was there a contract? [Grossman v. McLeish Ranch, 291 N.W.2d 427 (N.D.)]