Young v. Reed

This is an action for specific performance of an agreement between the plaintiff Robert I. Young (Young) and Albert E. Reed, the father of the defendant Dickinson A. Reed and brother of the plaintiff Audra O. Young. The plaintiffs claim that Albert Reed agreed to convey a certain parcel of land to them 2 in return for the delivery of sand to Albert Reed’s cranberry bog. The defendants’ answer denied the existence of the agreement and alleged that the action was barred by the Statute of Frauds (G. L. c. 259, § 1) and the statute of limitations (G. L. c. 260, § 2). On motion of the defendants,…