Cramer v. Ballard

I agree with the conclusion reached by Mr. Justice Bushnell but feel that it should be made plain this conclusion does not overrule Benedek v. Mechanical Products, Inc., 314 Mich. 494, although it constitutes an exception to the general rule there laid down concerning the admission of extrinsic testimony. The precise question here is whether parol testimony is admissible to show that a memorandum in writing signed by the owner of real estate giving a prospective purchaser an option to buy is, under the circumstances of this ease, sufficient to satisfy the statute of frauds when the real…