Harrell v. Sonnabend

This is a bill in equity to enforce the specific performance of an oral promise to give a written lease of real estate. The bill sets out the promise and the consideration therefor, and alleges partial performance on the part of the plaintiff in reliance upon the promise. The defendant demurred, one of the grounds of demurrer being that the contract was within the statute of frauds. The demurrer was overruled. The defendant took no appeal from the order overruling the demurrer, but filed his answer consisting for the most part of a denial of the allegations of the bill as to the promise, yet…