Legal Opinion
Jacobsen v. Sweeney
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 17, 1953No. 11445PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURTAM.
This appeal grows out of a suit for damages for breach of a written contract for sale of a business and a leasehold of .premises upon which the business was conducted. The leasehold, being for a term of years, was an estate or interest in land, a chattel real. D.C.Code § 45-801, 804 (1951). Accordingly, the agreement of sale, covering an interest in land, required a writing signed by the party to be charged. D.C.Code § 12-302 (1951).
An important question is whether an oral agreement of the parties extending the time for performance of the contract, covered by the writing, is valid…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sweeney v. JacobsenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1952
3Cited by7 opinions
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