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Restitution - Reliance Losses In Contract Within Statute Of Frauds, John E. Riecker S.Ed.
Restitution - Reliance Losses In Contract Within Statute Of Frauds, John E. Riecker S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, the owner of a seasonal night club, orally agreed to lease the premises for three years to the defendant. The plaintiff had a written lease prepared but it was not executed. Negotiations by letters and telegrams between the parties proved that the document was not a definite integration of their agreement sufficient to satisfy the statute of frauds governing leases of land for periods longer than one year. During this interval of negotiation, plaintiff at defendant's express request had procured a liquor license for the following year at the night club, hired a watchman, retained counsel to draw the …