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Grumley v. Webb, 48 Mo. 562 (1871)

Citation
Grumley v. Webb, 48 Mo. 562 (1871)
Parent Document
Grumley v. Webb, 48 Mo. 562 (1871)
Jurisdiction
Missouri (state)
Effective Date
1871-10-15
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8046745/grumley-v-webb/ ↗

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In Goucher v. Martin, 9 Watts, 106, the court tersely announces the doctrine and declares that “it is a general rule that no estate or interest in land shall pass hut by deed, or some instrument in writing, signed by the-parties ; and it is immaterial whether the interest be legal or equitable, as an equitable interest is an interest in land which comes within the words and spirit of the statute of frauds. * * * The very object of the statute is to prevent the divestiture of a title to real estate, equitable or legal, by the introduction of loose and intermediate proof of a contract which the law requires should be made in the most solemn form.”