Klose v. Bogue
Klose v. Bogue
Opinion of the Court
A single question is presented for review, which is that the verdict is unsupported by the evidence. The action was by Charles Klose to recover the sum of $423.08 as a balance alleged to be due him on the purchase price of 192,000 bricks at $8.25 per 1,000. There is no controversy over the number of bricks sold and the price per 1,000. It it undisputed that $1,160.92 had been paid plaintiff prior to the bringing of this suit. The defense interposed is that the bricks were sold to one S. D. Kelley, and not to defendants, and that the contract was that plaintiff was to accept, as part of the consideration, lot 16, in block 11, College Addition to West Lawn, in the city of Grand Island, at the agreed price of $250; that subsequently defendants, at the request of Kelley, agreed to pay for the bricks the sum of $1,584, less $250, the price of
It is argued that the contract, so far as it related to the acceptance of the lot as a part of the consideration, is Avithin the statute of frauds and void, since the agreement was oral and no note or memorandum thereof was reduced to writing. A sufficient answer to this contention is that the evidence tends to show that defendants have complied with their agreement, the deed for the lot has been executed and tendered, and plaintiff has fully performed by tbe delivery of the bricks. The action is not to enforce the specific performance of a contract claimed to be void under the statute, but which defendants have fully executed. The judgment is right and it must be
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Charles Klose v. C. H. Bogue
- Status
- Published