Utah Supreme Court· 11/14/1983

Martin v. Scholl

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678 P.2d 274
1983 Utah LEXIS 1214

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concluding that the plaintiff’s conduct was “not an exclusively referable act of reliance on the alleged oral agreement since it was consonant with [his] employment,” was not “atypical” of his lifestyle, and was “remunerated by salary”
holding that ranch laborer’s working long hours and declining better offers of employment elsewhere were consistent with his pre-existing employment as foreman and so were not acts exclusively referable to the alleged oral contract to convey ranch land
stating that the purpose of the statute of frauds is to impose ―a high evidentiary standard by which oral real estate contracts must be proved to qualify for a specific performance‖ (citation omitted)
ranch foreman’s long hours not atypical of such an employee’s life, and declining other offers is not sufficient part performance
detailing the high evidentiary standard required to prove part performance

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Judges: Howe, Hall, Oaks, Durham, Stewart

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