Chaney v. Noland

PALMORE, Judge.

Wilson Chaney and wife, Sarah, appeal from a judgment of the Estill Circuit Court denying them specific performance of an agreement for the sale of land. The basis of the judgment is the statute of frauds, KRS 371.010(6).

*309The appellees, A. D. and Hazel H. Noland, purchased a tract of some 700 acres known as the Carl Williams farm. The Chaneys were tenants on the farm and wished to buy a part of it. Negotiations resulted in an agreement by the Nolands to convey the Chaneys 54 acres for $3,000. Prior to the date of the agreement the parties had gone on the ground and marked off…