Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court March 15, 1845 (Gardner v. Joy)

Shaw, C. J.

Difficult questions frequently arise under the clause, in the statute of frauds, (Rev. Sts. c. 74, § 4,) which provides that “ no contract for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandize, for the price of fifty dollars or more, shall he good or valid, unless ” (among things not material in this case) “ some note or memorandum in writing of the bargain be mad< and signed by the party