within the statute, which, as Chief Justice Tindal said, "speaks of 'any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof'; pointing to contracts the complete performance of which is of necessity extended beyond... United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court - Page 424by United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1897Full view - About this book
| Francis Buller - 1788 - 388 pages
...Contract or Sale of Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or any Intereft in or concerning them, or upon any Agreement that is not to be performed within the Space of one Year from the making thereof, unlefs the Agreement upon which fuch Action ihall be brought, or fome Memorandum or Note thereof, Ihall... | |
| 1805 - 678 pages
...Sale of Lands, Slaves, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or any Interest in or concerning them, or upon any Agreement that is not to be performed within the Space of one Year from the making thereof; unless the Agreement, upon which such Actions shall be brought, or some Memorandum or Note thereof,... | |
| William Roberts - 1807 - 522 pages
...promise, and not within the clause of the statute, which provides, that no action shall be brought upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless it be in writing ; for that by possibility the ship might have returned within the year. And... | |
| William Roberts - 1809 - 750 pages
...or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; (5) or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; (6) unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof... | |
| William Roberts - 1815 - 592 pages
...contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them; (5) or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; (6) unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof... | |
| William Selwyn - 1817 - 782 pages
...contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall... | |
| William Selwyn - 1817 - 776 pages
...the auctioneer in his book, is just the sar as if the best bidder had written his own name. Or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof.} This claus extends to those cases only, where by the express agreemer of the party, the act is not... | |
| Francis Buller - 1817 - 684 pages
...contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them, or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall... | |
| William Selwyn - 1820 - 830 pages
...the auctioneer in his book, is just the same as if the best bidder had written his own name. Or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof.^ This clause extends to those cases only, where by the express agreement of the party, the act is not... | |
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