Holt v. Dollarhide

The judgment was for the plaintiff below, and the only point made in this court for a reversal is that the agreement on which the action was brought, was within the statute of frauds, and was not evidenced by any note or memorandum in writing. The case shows that Rice executed and delivered to McCloud, a bond for the payment of a certain sum of money, and that McCloud assigned and delivered the same to the plaintiff, Holt; that Rice sold to the defendant, Dollarhide, a lot of land for which defendant agreed to pay a stipulated amount; that Rice, at the time of the sale of the land, was owing…