Union Packing Co. v. Cariboo Land & Cattle Co., Limited

Under competent evidence the trial court found that certain conversations between parties together with their acts constituted a firm contract between them for the purchase and sale of live stock.

The trial court also found, from competent evidence, that, although the contract was oral and involved value of five hundred dollars or more, the expenditure of large sums of money by plaintiff-appellee in the course of executing the contract deprived defendant-appellant of the right to benefit under the California statutes of fraud.

The California fraud statutes cover contracts of the nature here…