Sealock v. Krug-Robinson Auto Co.

Citations

• 110 Kan. 302
• 203 P. 728
• 1922 Kan. LEXIS 37

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Contract For Sale of Land — ■Not Signed by Party Sought to Be Charged— Contract Void Under Statute of Frauds. *The petition alleged in substance that after a trade was agreed on between a landowner and a copartnership of a farm'for a stock of automobiles, a contract setting forth the terms was reduced to writing and signed by the landowner; whereupon a member of the partnership orally agreed to insert the engine numbers of the automobiles and cause the firm to execute the contract. Held, that the contract being one for the sale of real estate and not being signed by the party sought to be charged, he is relieved from liability under the statute of frauds.</p>