Shy v. Lewis

This is a suit for damages for the alleged breach, by defendant, of a contract for the purchase of a farm owned by the plaintiffs. At the close of the plaintiffs' case the court sustained defendant's demurrer to the evidence. In due course plaintiffs took their appeal to the Kansas City Court of Appeals.

The controlling, and indeed the sole, question considered by the Court of Appeals was whether the signed memorandum of the contract met the requirements of the Statute of Frauds; and upon that question, the Court of Appeals held that the ruling of the trial court was erroneous, reversed the…