Legal Opinion

Nichols v. Graham

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 21, 1956No. 4 Div. 890PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree of the trial court overruling the appellant’s demurrer to a bill for specific performance of an executory contract for the sale of certain real property.

The demurrer attacked the sufficiency of the bill on several grounds, but only two propositions are argued in brief. Discussion will, therefore, be limited to these. '

The appellant contends that the bill shows on its face that the original contract of sale of the land was amended by several oral contracts; and that these oral contracts violating the statute of frauds are…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bankers' Mortg. Bond Co. v. RosenthalSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  2. Bessemer Coal, Iron & Land Co. v. BullardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  3. Jones v. HertSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  4. France v. RamseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  5. Smith v. ThomasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Rogers v. NewtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  2. Musgrove v. FrenchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959

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