Opinion ID: 2617561
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Creation of the Right

Text: The Mauchs claim that Weinberg admitted that he consented to the terms of the February 1980 agreement in an answer to an interrogatory that was entered into evidence. In the answer, Weinberg checked the response Admit to a statement that read: Plaintiff consented to the written February, 1980 Blackwell/Mauch agreement. This alleged admission is ambiguous. Weinberg did consent to the 1980 Blackwell/Mauch agreement; however, that consent was limited to an acknowledgment only of the Mauchs' 7.56% security interest. The written documentation of Weinberg's consent is limited to: (1) an unsigned full consent to the 1980 Blackwell/Mauch agreement; and (2) another consent form signed by Weinberg acknowledging only the assignment of the 7.56% of the Blackwells' interest in Anini Vista Estates as security for a loan. Despite the absence of express consent on the part of Weinberg, the Mauchs contend that their intent and the Blackwells' intent to enter into a contract proved that the right to cure actually existed. We disagree. An agreement between the Mauchs and Blackwells is insufficient to validate the assignment of certain rights regarding the Anini Vista Estate because the prerequisite to a legitimate assignment between the Blackwells and the Mauchs was Weinberg's consent which, as to the right to cure, was not conveyed by Weinberg. Nonetheless, the Mauchs argue further that even if a meeting of the minds between the Mauchs and Blackwells was not sufficient to create the right to cure, Weinberg, because he took an interest in real property with knowledge of the existence of competing interests in the property, should therefore be subjected to the terms of the prior contracts. This argument is also unpersuasive. While Weinberg may have been aware of the 1981 Blackwell/Mauch agreement, he did not consent to the assignment of the right to cure. Consequently, this provision of the 1981 Blackwell/Mauch agreement was invalid. Weinberg, therefore, was not subject to any prior contract terms and did not injure the rights of the Mauchs. Because the Mauchs have failed to provide evidence of either Weinberg's express or implied consent to the Mauchs' right to cure, the Mauchs have not shown that they ever legitimately possessed a right to cure.