I'm in Washington state, if that matters.
I have a very basic question regarding contracts. Another party and I recently came to an agreement, and put that agreement into a contract for us both to sign. I printed two copies of the contract, signed them both, and delivered them to the other party asking him to please sign and return one copy to me at his leisure. To my surprise, he instead opted to keep both copies and refuse to sign them himself. So now he is in possession of a contract that I signed but is himself refusing to sign. My question is this: am I bound by the contract? If I make a different offer later on and he decides he prefers the old one, can he reproduce the old contract and try to get me to abide by it? Or is the agreement considered void since he refused to sign?
I have a very basic question regarding contracts. Another party and I recently came to an agreement, and put that agreement into a contract for us both to sign. I printed two copies of the contract, signed them both, and delivered them to the other party asking him to please sign and return one copy to me at his leisure. To my surprise, he instead opted to keep both copies and refuse to sign them himself. So now he is in possession of a contract that I signed but is himself refusing to sign. My question is this: am I bound by the contract? If I make a different offer later on and he decides he prefers the old one, can he reproduce the old contract and try to get me to abide by it? Or is the agreement considered void since he refused to sign?