No action shall be brought whereby to charge a party upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of another person; or to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate; or to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage; or upon any contract for the sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any 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 and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him or her lawfully authorized in writing.
K.S.A. 33-106
Specific cases where writing required
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case S. H. Reno v. Ralph G. Beckett and Elizabeth G. Beckett, Husband and Wife (1977)
Most recently applied in Robl Construction, Inc. v. Homoly (April 2015)
G.S. 1868, ch. 43, § 6; L. 1905, ch. 266, § 1; March 21; R.S. 1923, 33-106.
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Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.