Illinois-Indiana Fair Ass'n v. Phillips

The issue raised in this case is substantially one of law as to the construction to be given to the first clause of section 4 of the Uniform Sales Act [Cahill’s St. ch. 121a, ¶ 7], providing that:

“A contract to sell or a sale of any goods or choses in action of the value of $500 or upwards shall not be enforceable by action unless the buyer shall accept part of the goods or choses in action so contracted to be sold or sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale…