CONTRACTS - STATUTE OF FRAUDS - MORAL OBLIGATION AS CONSIDERATION

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Abstract

The defendant, who gave the plaintiff, a real estate broker, a promissory note for services rendered pursuant to an oral contract within the statute of frauds, was held liable thereon, since he had received material pecuniary benefit under circumstances giving rise to a moral obligation to pay. Elbinger v. Capitol & Teutonia Co., (Wis. 1932) 242 N. W. 568.

Recommended Citation

CONTRACTS - STATUTE OF FRAUDS - MORAL OBLIGATION AS CONSIDERATION, 31 Mich. L. Rev. 724 (1933).
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