Wollenburg v. Rynar

The defendants agreed to sell to the complainant a strip of land ten feet wide and to the depth of their lot on Clinton Place, Newark, adjoining the land of the complainant, for $560, of which $60 was paid down. A receipt was given which reads as follows:

"Newark, N.J. Nov. 15, 1922. Received from F.R. Wollenburg, $60.00, deposit on 10 ft. (ten ft.) land adjoining stores at Clinton Place and Hawthorne Avenue; depth according to deed. Balance to be paid within two months, the sum of five hundred dollars."

The defense is that the memorandum does not comply with the fifth section of the statute of…