... unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized. The Canadian Law Times - Page 5631918Full view - About this book
| Matthew Bacon - Law - 1832 - 844 pages
...interest in or concerning " them; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed " within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless " the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or " some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, signed „ by the party... | |
| Beamish Murdoch - Law - 1833 - 254 pages
...whereby to charge " the defendant upon any agreement, that is not to be " performed within the space of one year from the making " thereof, unless the agreement...person thereunto by •' him lawfully authorized." The memorandum required by the 4th and 5th clauses of the statute, if signed by one party only, will... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1833 - 1054 pages
...in or concerning them, or j. . ': upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement...therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorised;" and that this was a contract or agreement for an interest in or concerning land, and was... | |
| Law - 1833 - 548 pages
...enacted that no action shall be brought upon any contract or sale of lands, or any interest in them that is not to be performed within one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged. And it has been held under this section,... | |
| Jacob D. Wheeler - Common law - 1835 - 620 pages
...HALE, ET AL. May T. 1833, 10 Wend. NY Rep. 426; LOWN v. WINTERS, ib. 364. No action shall be brought upon any agreement that is not to be performed within one year, unless in writing. The construction of the English statute, is held to embrace cases only, which ,... | |
| Law - 1836 - 526 pages
...interest in or concerning them • or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement...other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized, 29 Car. 2, s. 4. • owners, it is supposed that he would not do so unless the others had agreed to... | |
| Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Peregrine Bingham - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 856 pages
...interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement...other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized." And the object of the statute was, that no action should lie unless where it could be proved at the... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 852 pages
...or upon any agreement in consideration of marriage, or upon any contract or sale of any real estate, or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within one year from the making; unless the agreement, or some memorandum thereof, be in writing, and signed by the... | |
| Joseph Rockwell Swan - Constables - 1837 - 614 pages
...agreement must be reduced into writing; for by statute(a) it is enacted, "that no action shall be brought upon any agreement that is not to be performed within...thereof, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing and signed by the party to... | |
| Patrick Brady Leigh - Nisi prius - 1838 - 928 pages
...interest in, or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to he performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement...other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized." A promise by an executor or administrator to pay the debt of the deceased, to render him personally... | |
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