Gilbert v. . Wright

The defendant has accepted from Mrs. Parsons a conveyance of the “home property on Pennsylvania Avenue,” but has refused a deed for “the vacant lot” on the ground that the alleged contract with Mrs. Gilbert does not comply with the Statute of Frauds and cannot be enforced. C. S., 988. His specific objection is that the description of the property is insufficient; that the location of the lot is not given; that the owner is not designated, and that parol evidence is not admissible “to fit the description to the thing.”

If the parties leave the subject of their contract in a state of absolute…