Greenwood v. Strother
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 88 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL PROM TRIMBLE CIRCUIT COURT. A parol lease of real estate for the term of one year, to commence at a future day, is valid. The seventh clause of the statute of frauds does not relate to agreements concerning land. (Gen. Stats., chap. 22, art. 1, sec. 1, clauses 6 and 7; Idem, chap. 63, art. 1, sec. 6; 2 Preston’s Shep.
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Case 88 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL PROM TRIMBLE CIRCUIT COURT. A parol lease of real estate for the term of one year, to commence at a future day, is valid. The seventh clause of the statute of frauds does not relate to agreements concerning land. (Gen. Stats., chap. 22, art. 1, sec. 1, clauses 6 and 7; Idem, chap. 63, art. 1, sec. 6; 2 Preston’s Shep. Touch., 241; 4 Kent’s Comm., pages 96-100; 1 Yernon, 159; 1 B. & Aid., 722; Young v. Dake, 5 N. Y., 463; Pall v. Hazlerigg, 45 Ind., 586; Railsback v. Walke, 81 Ind., 412; Baynes v. Christian, 68 Ind., 376; Sobrey v. Brisbee, 20 Iowa, 105';…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BENNETT
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant, in January, 1889, verbally contracted to lease from the appellee the latter’s farm, commencing on the first day of the following March, and ending on the first day of March, 1891. The appellee refused to comply with this contract, and the appellant sued him for damages. The court sustained a demurrer to the petition upon the ground that, as *483the cause of action was not to be performed- within a year from the making of it, it was within the statute of frauds. The appellant has appealed from that decision.
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