Richman v. Richman

Complainant seeks a decree for specific performance of a verbal contract for the sale of lands in Salem county. Defendant pleads,inter alia, the statute of frauds.

Relief must be denied for the following reasons:

1. The terms of the contract, as alleged by complainant, are not clearly proved to the satisfaction of the court.

2. The alleged acts of part performance on the part of the complainant, in so far as there is proof of any part performance, are not sufficient to take the case out of the statute of frauds.

The contract, as alleged by the complainant in his complaint, is that on or about…