Court Opinion

ID: 9663621
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:45:16.514081+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:53.489432
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Currie, C. J.
(concurring). There would be no statute of frauds problem here if Schnell had continued as owner and had not sold to Bratt after the date on which the option extension was entered into. Except for this it would have been immaterial whether the option extension was sufficient under the statute of frauds to create an interest in land. Even without any consideration it *456would have constituted a revocable continuing offer to sell and Peterson’s written acceptance of the offer within the extension period would have resulted in a binding contract of purchase and sale. The original option, the extension agreement, and the written acceptance together would constitute a contract which would meet all the requirements of the statute of frauds. It is a well-accepted rule that the memorandum required by the statute of frauds may consist of several writings.1
Bratt took title with notice of the original option and the option extension. However, as such a purchaser with notice, absent estoppel, he would not be bound by an outstanding written offer of Schnell to sell to Peterson unless such offer had status as an option so as to create an interest in the land. Notice by the purchaser of an instrument or claim which does not create at least an equitable interest in the land does not prevent him from being a bona fide purchaser.2 This is why it is necessary to consider the issue of whether the option extension agreement was void under the statute of frauds as an option, even though good under contract law as a continuing unrevoked offer to sell.
1 am authorized to state that Mr. Justice Beilfuss joins in this concurring opinion.

 Kovarik v. Vesely (1958), 3 Wis. (2d) 573, 580, 89 N. W. (2d) 279; Kelly v. Sullivan (1947), 252 Wis. 52, 57, 30 N. W. (2d) 209; Restatement, 1 Contracts, p. 283, sec. 208; 2 Williston, Contracts (rev. ed.), p. 1669, sec. 580; and 2 Corbin, Contracts, p. 744, sec. 512.

 Browne v. King (1921), 111 Tex. 330, 235 S. W. 522; 92 C. J. S., Vendor & Purchaser, p. 292, sec. 353.