QUASI-CONTRACTS - STATUTE OF FRAUDS - RIGHT TO RESTITUTION OF MONEY PAID ON ORAL LAND CONTRACT

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Abstract

Plaintiff paid $1,000 on an oral agreement for the purchase of land. Defendant admitted receipt of the money but alleged he was ready, able, and willing to comply with the terms of the agreement and convey the land. Held, that since the contract was void under the statute of frauds, plaintiff might recover. Reedy v. Ebsen, (S. D. 1932) 242 N. W. 592.

Recommended Citation

QUASI-CONTRACTS - STATUTE OF FRAUDS - RIGHT TO RESTITUTION OF MONEY PAID ON ORAL LAND CONTRACT, 31 Mich. L. Rev. 286 (1932).
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