9 Utah 315 | Utah | 1893
The plaintiff in this case brought this action to recover a certain sum of money alleged to be due him from the defendant. He set up two causes of action for money had and received. The jury rendered a verdict in his favor for the sum of $750. The defendant then moved for a new trial, which motion having been overruled he appealed to
At the trial counsel for the defendant moved to strike out the testimony of the plaintiff on the ground that it was shown thereby that the transaction was in relation to a piece of real estate, and, not being in writing, was within the statute of frauds; and also,* that the transaction related to a partnership which was unsettled, and was not subject to an action at law. The action of the court in overruling this motion raises the only material question in the case. This court, in Knauss v. Cahoon, 7 Utah, 182, 26 Pac. Rep. 295, held, under circumstances similar to those in this case, that the statute of frauds had no application. Especially is this so where, as in. this case, the statute is not pleaded. As to the question of partnership, we do not think the position of counsel for the defendant tenable. The land in question had been sold, the plaintiff’s share of the proceeds paid to the defendant, and there was nothing remaining to be done but for him to pay it over when