Blocker v. Hundertmark’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “The statute of frauds merely requires some memorandum or note of the agreement relating to real estate to be in writing and signed by the party charged therewith or his agent, and does not require a formally executed contract. There must be written evidence of the contract, if there is no written contract, and our court has gone so far as to hold that a letter which recites the contract, but repudiates it, is sufficient. Colleton Realty Co. v. Folk , 85 S.C. 84 , 67 S.E. 156 . As stated in 37 C.J.S., Frauds, Statute of, § 174; `The note or memorandum is not the contract, but only the written evidence of it required by statute.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cash v. Maddox