Statute of Frauds

What Is An Enforceable Property Description?

by Travis Booher, Charles Sartain | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 4/9/2013

Valid Description? We don’t need no valid stinking description! Actually, in May v. Buck, a Texas Court of Appeals says you do. The need for a sufficient property description in a oil and gas transaction seems like an...more

Real Estate Litigation Update: Statute of Frauds? It Had Better Be Written. Sort of.

by Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL on 3/28/2013

Leave it to Don King to muddy the legal waters. Consistent with its recent pattern of strictly enforcing agreements, the Florida Supreme Court issued a decision that refused to expand exceptions to the Statute of Frauds. DK...more

Texas Appeals Court Affirms Holding That Certain Emails Read Together Can Be Construed As One Contract

by BuckleySandler LLP on 3/20/2013

On March 7, the Texas Court of Appeals of the Thirteenth District affirmed a trial court’s holding that the essential terms of an option contract for the purchase of real estate were present when three e-mail messages...more

Florida Statute Of Frauds – Case Law Update

by Neha Dagley | Schecter Law on 1/11/2013

The Florida Statute of Frauds is codified at Florida Statute section 725.01 which provides, in pertinent part: No action shall be brought … whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt,...more

Unenforceable Loan Modification Agreement

by Schecter Law on 12/11/2012

In Vargas v. Deutsche Bank Nat. Trust Co., 3D11-554 (Fla. 3d DCA, Nov. 28, 2012), Rogelio Vargas (“Defendant”) appealed an order approving a general magistrate’s report and recommendations which denied his “Motion to Enforce...more

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What Is An Enforceable Property Description?

Real Estate Litigation Update: Statute of Frauds? It Had Better Be Written. Sort of.

Texas Appeals Court Affirms Holding That Certain Emails Read Together Can Be Construed As One Contract

Florida Statute Of Frauds – Case Law Update

Unenforceable Loan Modification Agreement

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