Maisch v. Cobb

It will not be necessary to consider whether a memorandum worded and signed as this one is will bind the principal. Conceding for the purposes of the case that it may be treated as a writing duly executed on behalf of the defendants, the question presented is whether it sufficiently states the-terms of the contract. That it does not do so is plain both upon reason and authority. It does not purport to state anything beyond the consideration offered. What the “twelve hundred” is to be given for is neither stated nor even suggested. This defect cannot be supplied by oral evidence. “A memorandum…