a agree with b for the purchase of nine house which be in mortgage to I S and  pay he a guinea in earnest b write a note to I S to this effect Mr I S pray  deliver my write to the bearer I have agree to dispose of they I S refuse to  deliver the write unless all the mortgage money be pay he down and afterward  buy the house of b himself on a bill for a specific execution of this  agreement the question be whether the letter or note will bring the agreement  out of the statute for as to the payment of the guinea that be agree clear to  be of no consequence the payment of money be only bind in case of contract for  good decree that it will not a so the bill be dismiss but without cost for  some fraud in b and I S to defeat a of his bargain easter Seagood and neal and  Leonard Prec in Chan note in this case the statute of fraud and perjury be  insist upon by way of answer a agree to sell land to b and write to his agent  to deliver the Title deed to b he have agree to dispose of it to he afterward  a sell this estate to d who have notice of this transaction b bring a bill  against a and d insist that the letter bring the case out of the statute of  fraud and perjury but Lord chancellor hold it do not because the agreement do  not appear in it e g Seagood and neal Str atk Rep pl S p Q if this be not the  case of Seagood v neal and Leonard a for the agreement ought to have specify  the term thereof which this do not though it be sign by the party for it  mention not the sum that be to be pay nor the number of house that be to be  dispose of or to who they be to be dispose of nor whether they be to be  dispose of by way of sale or assignment of lease and so all the danger of  perjury which the statute be to provide against will be let in to ascertain  this agreement per cur ibidem if a by letter promise to give such a fortune  with his daughter to b and b marry the daughter on the encouragement of this  letter this be sufficient to bring the agreement out of the statute of fraud  and b shall recover because the agreement be execute on his part as far as it  can be and can never be undo after say per cur ibidem so where a man on  promise of a lease to be make to he lie out money on improvement he shall  oblige the lessor afterward to execute the lease because it be execute on the  part of the lessee beside that the lessor shall not take advantage of his own  fraud to run away with the improvement make by another say per cur in the  above case rule equity look upon that as do which ought to be do but if no  such expense have be on the lessee part a bare promise of the lease though  accompany with possession will not have be sufficient to have oblige the  lessor to execute a lease as where a lessee by parole agree to take a lease  for a term of year certain and continue in possession on the credit thereof  yet there be no write to make out this agreement it be direct within equity  case abridge the statute and so hold by the master of the roll in the case of  smith and turner mich say per cur in the case of Seagood and meal all easter  Prec in Chan