Dixon v. Clayton

The appellant undertook to buy, for the alleged sum of $150, a track of land owned by a married woman who accepted a part of the purchase price, put him in possession, and alone signed this simple memorandum:

"Received of Frank Dixon $20.00 163.00" deposit on strip about 3/4 acre back of Hampton Garage. 249.42

The numerals on the margin were the dimensions of the property. This was 2 March, 1948. Later she repudiated the agreement and offered to return the payment. He, in turn, tendered the remainder of $130 in a suit to enforce the woman and her husband to convey. The chancellor granted a…