1. Catamount Slate Products, Inc. V. Sheldon
Group 4
Lizabeth Anderson
Hannah Tran
Recha
Jordon Grangruth
Osman Mohammud

2. Plaintiffs Sheldons Defendants Catamount Slate Productions Inc.
The Facts
Plaintiffs
Sheldons
Defendants
Catamount Slate Productions Inc.

3. Map of the quarry
Road in question~

4. Timeline 1997 Two parties Litigating Mediation Sept 7th 2000
Outline of Settlement Terms
Oct 1st 2000
First payment
Memo
Feb 2001
Deed and Map
Refusal of payment

5. Point of View Reed Family
Originally believe the Sheldons owned the access road leading to the Reeds quarry.
Agreed to payment before disbursement
Not bound by a contract

6. Point of View Sheldons Claims that they own the road.
Believe the Reeds are enforced to follow contract.

7. Trial Court V Supreme Court
Point of View
Trial Court V Supreme Court
The Trial Court: Orally bound in contract
But the Supreme court reversed the decision made in the Trial Court, and preceded without the decision of the Trial Court.

8. Issues Miscommunication in the Trial Court
If the oral agreement reached in the Trial Court between the Reed’s and the Sheldons was suffice to pursue that toll?
Misrepresentation of facts: Is the road public or private?
There is no real mutual assent

9. Legal Concepts Mutual Assent Communication to offeree
Intent to enter contract
Definite and/or certain terms

10. Legal Concepts Statute of Limitations Time period for legal action
"Only final agreement of settlement must be in writting and signed by every party sought to be charge.”

11. Legal Concepts Mutual Mistake Lack of communication
No evidence regarding the Sheldon’s ownership of the road
Reed family did not check the ownership of the road.

12. Interpretation, Inferences & Conclusion
There are many points the court looked upon to find the answers to the main questions in the case. Again the main issues in the case included:
(1) If the oral agreement would suffice
(2) Whether or not the access road leading to the Reeds quarry is subject to a toll, after finding it may be a public highway
(3) Was the agreement was still enforceable because the DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) could insert these terms into the agreements later?
4) Lastly step four includes whether or not the contract is typically one to be oral or written.

13. Implication or Consequences
In the future, the Reeds and the Sheldons should have communicated through writing rather than an oral agreement to ensure all details were mapped out.
The Reeds should not have paid the Sheldons any funds until after a written agreement was finished and bound them both.
The Sheldons should be required to prove the access road is owned by them, if not the Reeds should challenge this to avoid further litigation.
Ultimately, the court should be aware of the ownership, and ask if there is any reason to believe it was not private.