Goodwin v. Eller

We will hereinafter refer to the parties by name or as they appeared in the trial court, where plaintiff in error was plaintiff and defendants in error were defendants.

By the prayer of his complaint plaintiff sought a decree for specific performance of an alleged contract for the purchase and sale of real estate in Larimer county. Defendants denied that any válid contract for the purchase of land had been agreed upon by the parties. They relied on the statute of frauds, section 8, chapter 71, ’35 C.S.A., which, in substance, requires that all contracts for the sale of land be evidenced by…