Molleston v. Cooper

Historical collection note: this decision belongs to the earlier Delaware Court of Common Pleas, a colonial civil court abolished in 1831. It is distinct from the modern Court of Common Pleas first established in 1917. Official history: https://archives.delaware.gov/delaware-agency-histories/court-of-common-pleas/ ; https://courts.delaware.gov/commonpleas/history.aspx

It has been determined in Delaware that a sheriff’s sale of lands is not within the Statute of Frauds and need not be in writing, on solemn argument in Molleston v. Cooper, which was for the purchase money, and plaintiff recovered. So in Manlove v. Reynolds and in Andrew Barrett v. [-].2

Ex relatione T. Clayton.

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