Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court November 15, 1847 (Ryan v. Hall)

Shaw, C. J.

Supposing the memorandum, in the present case, would be sufficient to support an action, conformably to the statute of frauds, (Rev. Sts. c. 74, § 1,) on the principle of the maxim, id certum est quod certum reddi potest, upon the ground that the identity of the four lots can be ascertained by the references in the memorandum, the quantity of the land by the admeasurement, and hence