Frowman v. Gordon's Heirs

Opinion of the Court, by

Ch. J. Boyle.

THIS was a bill brought to obtain the conveyance of a small tract of land, which it is alleged that the ancestor of the defendants, on a verbal compromise of interfering adverse claims, stipulated to convey to the complainant, in consideration that he would relinquish his claim to the residue of the interference.

The only question material to be decided, is, whether the contract in this case is obligatory or not, under the statute against frauds and perjuries?

That statute requires a contract “for the sale of land” to be in writing, and that the contract in…