U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1817

Riggs v. Magruder

Riggs v. Magruder
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided December 15, 1817 · Thruston
2 D.C. 143; 20 F. Cas. 787; 2 Cranch 143
Riggs v. Magruder

Opinion of the Court

The Court (Thruston, J., absent,)

decided, that the agreement was void by the 17th section' of the statute of frauds ; and that if the jury should be of opinion from the evidence, that it was agreed between the parties that the oral contract should be reduced to writing the next day, and signed by the parties, and that it was not so reduced and signed, the contract was never complete.

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