Allen v. Wigginton

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Reversing.

Mrs. Margaret Wells Allen, plaintiff below, is appealing from a judgment on a directed verdict in favor of Miss Carrie Leigh Wigginton. It was the view of the trial judge that the oral, contract relied upon by Mrs. Allen comes within the Statute of Frauds, KRS 371.010(7), because the duties performed by Mrs. Allen were not performed within one year.

The appellant and the appellee, who were first cousins, entered into an agreement under which Miss Wigginton was to purchase a house in Louisville which Mrs. Allen was to operate as a rooming house. The…