Dare v. O'Connor

Defendants appeal a trial court judgment granting plaintiffs specific performance of a land contract. First, defendants argue that the memorandum agree*555ment does not satisfy the statute of frauds because it fails to specify time of closing, time of performance, or time and manner of paying the balance of the purchase price.1 The trial court properly held that failure to specify these terms does not make this agreement unenforceable under the statute of frauds. In Duke v Miller, 355 Mich 540; 94 NW2d 819 (1959), the Court considered a memorandum which provided:

"Detroit, Mich., Sept. 24, 1957.

"Re…