Hunt v. Taggett

S. C. Hunt sued Sam Taggett to recover the sum of $2,068, which he claimed the defendant promised to pay him. The defendant denied liability, and pleaded the statute of frauds.

The plaintiff, S. C. Hunt, was a witness for himself. According to his testimony, he made a contract in writing with Frank Hicks to sell him a tract of land in Woodruff County, Ark., in January, 1920. Hicks gave a note for the purchase price and also for certain improvements which were made by Hunt to enable Hicks to raise a crop of rice on the place. Flicks was to pay for the improvements the first of the following…