Matlock v. Duncan

Mobley, Justice.

First, does the petition state a cause of action for specific performance of an oral contract to execute a lease of land and for performing said contract? When possession of land is given under agreement upon a meritorious consideration, and valuable improvements made upon the faith thereof, equity will decree specific performance. Code § 37-804.

For a court of equity to decree specific performance of an oral contract as to land, there must be a definite and specific statement of the terms of the contract. “The requirement of certainty extends not only to the subject matter and…