WATTS v. RIDENHOUR

No. 7519SC209.

217 S.E.2d 211 (1975)

27 N.C. App. 8

Connie B. WATTS and Mitchell W. Watts v. Helen R. RIDENHOUR and Charles E. Ridenhour.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Koontz & Horton by K. Michael Koontz, Concord, for plaintiff appellants.

Alexander & Brown by B. S. Brown, Jr., Kannapolis, for defendant appellees.


PARKER, Judge.

The only question presented is whether the option agreement contains a description of the land sufficiently definite to meet the requirements of the statute of frauds, G.S. § 22-2. We agree with the trial court that it does not.

A contract to sell or convey land, or a memorandum thereof, within the meaning of the statute of frauds, must contain a description of the land, the subject matter of the contract, which is either certain in itself...

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