Johnson v. Riseberg

This is an action for specific performance of an alleged oral contract for the transfer of title to a farm in Boone county. The plaintiff prevailed, and the defendants appeal.

As we understand the argument of defendants’ counsel, their contention is that the evidence is insufficient to establish a contract, or one which may not be satisfied by the payment of money, or to prove such performance as will remove the bar of the statute of frauds. There is no contention in the answer or in the arguments that an oral contract to sell or convey this real estate might not be enforced under some…