Legal Opinion

F. & W. Grand Five-Ten-Twenty-Five Cent Stores Inc. v. Eiseman

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 18, 1925No. 4733PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hiñes, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

To be sufficient as a memorandum under the statute of frauds, a writing must be complete in itself, leaving nothing to rest in parol. The entire agreement must be expressed in the writing or writings relied upon to take the transaction out of the statute. The memorandum must disclose the subject-matter of the contract, the parties thereto, the promise or undertaking, and the terms and conditions. North v. Mendel, 73 Ga. 400 (54 Am. R. 879); Lester v. Heidt, 86 Ga. 226 (12 S. E. 214, 10 L. R. A. 108); Douglass v. Bunn, 110 Ga. 159 (35 S. E. 339);…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Bibb v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Pratt v. . Hudson River Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  3. Clark v. CagleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  4. Tippins v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  5. North & Co. v. Mendel & BrotherSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Forsyth County v. WATERSCAPE SERVICES, LLCCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  2. 20/20 Vision Center, Inc. v. HudgensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Peachtree on Peachtree Investors, Ltd. v. Reed Drug Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  4. Black v. Milner Hotels Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1942
  5. Napier v. AdamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928

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