Sale Contract Validity Absent Building Permit

A party contracted to purchase an undeveloped property but subsequently sought to avoid the agreement based on a perceived lack of a valid building permit, despite the contract not being conditioned upon obtaining such a permit. The court held that the absence of a building permit for the undeveloped land did not invalidate the contract of sale, as the mutual consent of the parties, which was the essential element for the validity of the sale, was established at the time of the agreement, and the permit was not a prerequisite for the formation of the contract itself.