STAGNER v. STAPLES

No. 8660.

427 S.W.2d 763 (1968)

Lurton H. STAGNER, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. George STAPLES, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Springfield Court of Appeals, Missouri.

April 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Cochrane, Jr., Finch, Finch, Knehans & Cochrane, Cape Girardeau, for defendant-appellant.

Robert A. Dempster, Jack O. Edwards, James R. Robison, Dempster, Edwards & Robison, Sikeston, for plaintiff-respondent.


HOGAN, Presiding Judge.

This is an action for breach of an oral contract. The plaintiff has had judgment against the defendant in the amount of $2,000, and the defendant appeals. The sole question before us is whether the agreement was a contract for the sale of an interest in land within the requirement of the Statute of Frauds, Section 432.010, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., that such contracts be in writing.

Defendant Staples is a banker and real estate developer...

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