Wolfe v. Wallingford Bank & Trust Co.

Under the substituted complaint as amended and as tried, this case was one at law for damages for breach of the oral agreement alleged for the conveyance of land. Upon a previous appeal, reported in 122 Conn. 507, 191 Atl. 88, we held that the trial court erred in recognizing in this action at law the purely equitable doctrine of part performance to take the contract out of the Statute of Frauds, set aside the judgment for the plaintiffs, and remanded the case for further proceedings. The plaintiffs thereupon amended their complaint by adding allegations that the defendant is estopped to…