Contracts that convey land in the future are subject to the statute of frauds. For example, in Lowe v. Hodges , 726 So. 2d 1289 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998), this Court stated that contracts for the conveyance of land must be in writing, but contracts employing a broker to sell it need not be. Id. at 1291 (¶9). Here, Britt and Orrison signed an agreed order whereby Orrison would convey two and a half acres of land in exchange for the log house.
As the circuit court correctly held, contracts pertaining to property are not within the Statute of Frauds merely because real property is part of the contract. The circuit court aptly cited Lowe v. Hodges , 726 So. 2d 1289, 1289 (¶2) (Miss. Ct. App. 1998), in which the parties orally agreed that Lowe would receive a three-percent commission if he sold Hodges's land. There we noted that contracts for the sale of land must be in writing, but contracts employing a broker to sell it need not be. Id. at 1291 (¶9).