Fowley v. Braden

Ann M. Fowley and Gilbert L. Dierson, plaintiffs, filed a complaint against Gertrude H. Braden and others in the circuit court of Christian County seeking to establish ownership of undivided interests in four oil-and-gas leases. This appeal is from an order dismissing the second amended complaint, as- amended, upon the ground that the action was barred by the Statute of Frauds. A freehold is directly involved.

Although several complaints and amendments were filed we need only consider plaintiffs’ final pleading, which was the second amended complaint as amended.

Such complaint alleged in…