Minn. Stat. § 513.04 (1978). Significantly, the statute covers mere interests in land as well as estates. The word interest is broad enough to include "any right, title, or estate in, or lien upon, real estate." Hatlestad v. Mutual Trust Life Insurance Co., 197 Minn. 640, 643-44, 268 N.W. 665, 667 (1936) (quoting, Ormsby v. Ottman, 85 F. 492, 497 (C.C.D.Neb.1898)). However, an oral agreement to carry on "the business of purchasing and selling real estate for speculation, the profits to be divided among the parties, may become effectual without a writing." Anderson v. Property Developers, Inc., 370 F.Supp. 1205, 1208 (D.Minn.1974), aff'd, 555 F.2d 648 (8th Cir. 1977); Sonnesyn v. Hawbaker, 127 Minn. 15, 18, 148 N.W. 476, 477 (1914). Robert's reliance on Sonnesyn is misplaced. In Sonnesyn, a jury determined the parties

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