Key legal question
Whether the seller incurred precontractual liability for breaking off the real-estate negotiations before notarial completion
Extracted holding
No. The correspondence did not create a sufficiently concrete assurance that the sale would certainly be concluded, and the buyer had to expect that no contract would arise before the required form was completed.
Extracted reasoning
In a contract subject to mandatory form, precontractual liability for breaking off negotiations is exceptional. The confirmation letter recorded progress on price and conditions but left important questions open; there was no formal agreement on all essential elements, no notarized consent, and no established special circumstances requiring a different conduct under good faith.