Under the Statute of Frauds, which of the following oral contracts is legally enforceable?

Answer options:

A contract for the sale of goods worth 0.

A contract to serve as a guarantor for a friend's debt.

A contract to build a custom deck that will take 14 months to complete, but could theoretically be completed in 11 months.

A contract for the sale of land.

How to approach this question

Check MY LEGS (Marriage, Year, Land, Executor, Goods >0, Surety). For the 'Year' prong, ask: Is it IMPOSSIBLE to finish in a year? If no, oral is okay.

Full Answer

C.A contract to build a custom deck that will take 14 months to complete, but could theoretically be completed in 11 months.✓ Correct

The Statute of Frauds requires a writing for contracts that cannot be performed within one year. If performance is theoretically possible within a year, the oral contract is enforceable.

Common mistakes

Confusing 'likely to take >1 year' with 'impossible to perform within 1 year'.

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