279 A.D. 750 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1951
In our opinion the proof establishes that there was a valid and binding oral agreement entered into by the parties upon which their minds met in all respects; and failure to deliver a signed copy of the writing setting forth the terms of that agreement cannot defeat its enforcement. (Pratt v. Hudson Riv. R. R. Co., 21 N. Y. 305, 308; Sherry v. Proal, 131 App. Div. 774, 776.) The signing by respondent of a copy of the writing setting forth the terms of the agreement constituted a memorandum sufficient to satisfy the Statute of Frauds. (2 Williston on Contracts [Bev. ed.], § 579A; Restatement, Contracts, § 216; Argus Co. v. Mayor of Albany, 55 N. Y. 495.) Appellant proved damages in the above-stated amount