SMITH v. SMITH

No. 83-168.

466 So.2d 922 (1985)

Ray M. SMITH v. Roy J. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman H. Hamilton, Jr., and Henry C. Barnett, Jr., Capell, Howard, Kanbe & Cobbs, Montgomery, William M. Cunningham, Jr., Mobile, for appellant.

Irvin J. Langford, Howell, Johnston & Langford, Mobile, for appellee.


ADAMS, Justice.

Roy Smith filed suit against his twin brother Ray Smith for specific performance of an oral contract made 17 years earlier for the exchange of two parcels of land. The case was tried without a jury and judgment was rendered in favor of Roy. Ray appeals and asserts as one of his grounds that the trial court erred in not holding that the contract was barred by the Statute of Frauds. We agree.

The facts in this contract dispute are as follows...

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