Supreme Court of the United States June 3, 1918, 270 (Friederichsen v. Renard)

Mr. Justice Clarke

delivered the opinion of the court.

On March 12, 1908, the petitioner, Friederichsen, contracted in writing to exchange land which he owned in Nebraska for land in Virginia owned by the respondent, Mary C. Gilmore, who in the transaction acted through her agent, Edward Renard, the decedent of the respondent G. H. Renard.