Joseph Martin, Inc. v. McNulty

This is an action of contract in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the breach of an alleged oral agreement between the parties. The case was heard by a jury which found for the plaintiff. The defendant’s exceptions are to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict and to the refusal of the trial judge to give certain rulings of law. The defendant pleaded the statute of frauds.

*574The jury could have found that, in December, 1932, the defendant purchased at auction a large tract of undeveloped land in Marblehead, the deed to which was delivered on January 2 or 3, 1933, and…