Parker against Staniland
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 13 June 1809 |
| Date | 13 June 1809 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 103 E.R. 1043
IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
Distinguished, Evans v. Roberts, 1826, 5 B. & C. 832.
parker against staniland. Tuesday, June 13th, 1809. A contract by the owner of a close cropped with potatoes made on the 21st of Nov. to sell to the defendant the potatoes at so much a sack; the defendant to get them out of the ground immediately ; is not a contract for any interest in land within the 4th section of the Statute of Frauds, but the same as if the" potatoes, which had done growing 1044 PARKER V. STANILAND 11 EAST. 363. and were to be taken up immediately, had been sold in a warehouse from whence they were to be removed by the defendant. [Distinguished, Evans v. Soberts, 1826, 5 B. & C. 832-.] The plaintiff declared that the defendant was, on the 1st of January 1809, indebted to him in 5001. for^a certain crop of potatoes of the plaintiff before that time bargained and sold by the plaintiff to the defendant at his request, and by the defendant under that bargain and sale before that time accepted, gathered, dug up, taken, and carried away : and being so indebted the defendant promised to pay, &c. There was another similar count on a quantum meruit, and other general counts for goods sold and delivered, &c. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and paid 221. Is. 9d. into Court. It appeared at the trial before Bayley J. at Nottingham, that the plaintiff, being the owner of a close of about two acres, which was cropped with potatoes, agreed with the defendant on the 21st of November, to sell him the potatoes at 4s. 6d. a sack. The defendant was to get them himself, and to get them immediately. The defendant employed men to dig the potatoes on the 25th, 26th, and 27th of the same month, and got 21, 24, and 33 sacks full, and on the 4th of December he 363] got seven sacks more...
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