DEEVY v. PORTER


11 N.J. 594 (1953)

95 A.2d 596

ANNE K. DEEVY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. O. JAMES PORTER, JAMES R. PORTER, WILLIAM H. JERVIS, WILLIS J. PORTER, BRUCE D. McCREARY, VERL L. LOVELL, MARIE J. PORTER, LAURA E. HUDSON, AND BILLIE J. PORTER, PARTNERS, DOING BUSINESS AS PORTER-URQUHART ASSOCIATED-O.J. PORTER & COMPANY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 16, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David Friedenberg argued the cause for appellant.

Mr. Edward V. Ryan, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for respondents (Mr. Grover C. Richman, Jr., United States Attorney, Mr. Edward H. Hickey, Chief, General Litigation Section, Mr. Joseph Langbart, attorneys, United States Department of Justice).


The opinion of the court was delivered by JACOBS, J.

The Appellate Division in Deevy v. Porter, 21 N.J.Super. 278 (1952), determined that the defendants were entitled to the entry of judgment under the provision in the statute of frauds prohibiting action on an oral agreement that is not to be performed within one year from the making thereof. R.S. 25:1-5. We granted certification upon the application of the...

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