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Romain (D) offered to sell property to Schwedes (P) by letter. P orally accepted the contract, and D hired an attorney and set a closing date agreed upon by all parties. Everything was set to close until D sold the property to someone else. P sued. The district court dismissed the complaint. P appealed

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