Cohen v. McCutchin

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the writing failed to satisfy the statute of frauds where it failed to “identify McKnight as the assignor in any way”
• interpreting Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Ann. § 26.01(a) (West 2002)
• interpreting Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Ann. ' 26.01(a) (West 2002)
• written memorandum must contain all the essential elements of the agreement, so that the contract can be ascertained from the writings without resorting to oral testimony
• “[T]here must be a written memorandum which is complete within itself in every material detail, and which contains all of the essential elements of the agreement, so that the contract can be ascertained from the writings without resorting to oral testimony.”

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