Brown v. Upton
Brown v. Upton
Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
delivering the opinion.
Counsel for defendant in error sought to avoid the effect of the errors assigned, by assuming that it appears from the record that the plaintiff in execution had shown himself that the land was not subject, by proving a parol gift of it to the defendant in execution. Being a parol gift, he says that it is void by the Statute of Frauds ; and if so, no title passed to the defendant in execution, and the land is not subject. The evidence is, that the father of the defendant in execution, gave the land to him; but whether, by parol or deed, does not appear. The record, therefore, does not warrant the assumption.
Let the judgment be reversed.
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