Cox v. Clifton

OPINION BY

CAROL M. HANSEN, Judge:

¶ 1 In Oklahoma, the general rule is that a parol gift of land, accompanied by possession by the donee" will be enforced in equity when the donee has been induced by the promise of the gift to make valuable improvements to the land, of a permanent nature, and to such an extent as to render a revocation of the gift unjust, inequitable, and a fraud upon the donee. Such a case will take the case out of the statute of frauds, and entitle the donee to enforce specific performance of the gift and to defend his possession against the donor or his heirs. It must be…