Q: Buying a house and seller did not list garage that is attached and now wants more money for garage to give me the deed
I am buyin a house from my boss and because it does not list the garage that is attached to the house he wants 20,000 more before he will give me the deed, the original contract state for the house at my address but I went to pay him off and he is now saying give me 20,000 dollars for the deed and he will give me the attached garage can I sue him and does he have a leg to stand on
A:
Its impossible to answer your question definitively because we cannot see whatever paper you have that "...does not list the garage...". It may or may not be a contract.
A generic legal principle that may help you is that a contract cannot be unilaterally changed by just one of the parties. Both parties have to agree to the change. I caution you that applies if and only if you have a valid and binding contract, and we don't know whether that is what you have.
I strongly recommend that you hire a competent lawyer in your area.
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