Wright v. . Weeks

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] In the view we take of this case, it will not be necessary to decide whether an agreement by an owner of real estate, to allow another person the option to purchase it within a fixed period, upon definite terms, would be enforced specifically in equity, if the evidence of such arrangement was committed to writing, according to the requirements of the statute of frauds; for we are of the opinion that the agreement in this case is in that respect, fatally…