United States Fifth Circuit

An unearned benefit per se is not sufficient to grant relief under the partial performance exception to the statute of frauds; instead, the performance must unequivocally corroborate that the parties entered into a contract.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/28/2001
• Published 09/28/2001

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before POLITZ and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and KAZEN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stuart M. Nelkin,Jay P. Nelkin (argued), Nelkin & Nelkin, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Wallace Griffin, Jr., Houston, Marek & Griffin, Victoria, TX, Cynthia T. Sheppard (argued), Cuero, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.