A real estate contract for the purchase and sale of land lacks an adequate land description. The agreement is:

• A. Enforceable
• B. Unenforceable
• C. Void
• D. Voidable

Answer: (B)

The essential idea here is that a real estate contract must clearly identify the property being sold. If the land description is inadequate, a court can’t determine what exactly is being transferred, so the agreement can’t be enforced as written. That’s why it’s unenforceable: the subject matter isn’t described with enough certainty to compel performance. It isn’t void or voidable simply because the description is missing; there’s still a valid agreement in place, but a court won’t require the sale under those terms until the description is corrected. The contract could become enforceable if the parties supply a proper legal description (for example, from a survey or plat) or otherwise fix the identification of the property.