An Oral Contract for the Transfer of an Interest in Land

question 49

True/False

An oral contract for the transfer of an interest in land may be enforced if the party seeking enforcement has so changed his position in reasonable reliance on the contract that a court can prevent injustice only by enforcing the contract.

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