Document / Legal Opinion

Mentgen v. Dowell

Posted 2022
Author
Robert H. Levin
About This Legal Opinion

This case points to the perils of land trust staff or volunteers saying anything that could be interpreted as official approval of any amendment request prior to signing something in writing.

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