LeGRAND JOHNSON CORPORATION v. PETERSON

No. 10499.

18 Utah 2d 260 (1966)

420 P.2d 615

LeGRAND JOHNSON CORPORATION, A UTAH CORPORATION, AND LeGRAND JOHNSON, PERSONALLY, PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLANTS, v. JAMES C. PETERSON, RAINBOW NATURAL STONE DISTRIBUTORS, INC., A UTAH CORPORATION, AND RAINBOW STONE COMPANY, A UTAH CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS AND RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 30, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Preston, Logan, Allan E. Mecham, of Clyde, Mecham & Pratt, Salt Lake City, for appellants.

Senior & Senior, George E. Boss and Robert Hafey, Neslen & Mock, Robert G. Pruitt, Jr., Salt Lake City, for respondents.


CROCKETT, Justice:

The plaintiffs sued to enforce a claimed agreement to convey an interest in a certain mining property near Park Valley in western Box Elder County; and to recover money advanced to the defendants. The latter answered and counterclaimed, asserting that any agreement to convey was oral and therefore barred by the statute of frauds; and that any money advanced was but an investment in a joint venture. Upon a trial to the court, it refused relief to...

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