Legal Opinion
Earline Waddle v. Lorene B. Elrod
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 2012No. M2009-02142-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 40 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, C.J.
JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
In this appeal we must determine whether the Statute of Frauds, Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-2-101(a)(4) (Supp.2011), applies to a settlement agreement requiring the transfer of an interest in real property; and, if so, whether emails exchanged by the parties’ attorneys satisfy the Statute of Frauds under the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (“UETA”), TenmCode Ann. §§ 47-10-101 to -123 (2001 & Supp. 2011). We hold that the Statute of Frauds applies to settlement agreements requiring the transfer of an…
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