Sawyer v. Mills

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

Appellant Barbara Lucinda Sawyer appeals a decision affirming the circuit court’s judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”) in favor of Appellee Melbourne Mills, Jr., in a dispute over the validity of an alleged oral agreement. Because the oral agreement violated the Statute of Frauds, lacked consideration, and could not have induced Sawyer’s action, it was unenforceable, and the decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.

I. Background

Mills met Appellant Sawyer and her husband in 1991. In 1994, Sawyer requested that Mills become involved in…