Bentley v. Potter

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• notice of termination did not effect termination of lease where notice failed to refer to any breach by the lessee or to give the required time to cure
• “one opposing the claims cannot complain if he admits the existence of the guarantee”
• “Since a purpose of the statute of frauds is to prevent fraud and perjury on the part of one claiming that another had guaranteed a debt, the one opposing the claim cannot complain if he admits the existence of the guarantee.”
• ―The statute of frauds is a defense that can be waived by a failure to plead it as an affirmative defense, admitting its existence in the pleadings, or admitting at trial the existence and all essential terms of the contract.‖ (citations omitted)

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