50.  Que  la  vente  ou  promesse  de  vente  d^un  immeuble  pent  6tre  prouvee
par  t^moin,  pourvu  qu'il  y  ait  un  commencement  de  preuve  par  6crit. — ^Qu*une
lettre  d'un  propri^taire  k  son  agent,  Tautorisant  k  vendre  un  immeuble,  pourva
que  Facqu^reur  s'engage  k  y  construire  un  moidin  k  farine  imm^diatement  estun
commencement  de  preuve  par  6crit  suffisant  pour  permettre  k  Pacqu^reur  de
prouver,  par  t^moins,  tons  les  faits  ^tablissant  quUl  y  a  eu  vente  ou  promesse  de
vente Q  .B.^Nault  &  Price,  4  Q.  B.  R.,  p.  348.
51.  What  would  be  sufficient  to  form  a  commencement  de  preuve  par  6efrit

for  a  loan  or  a  dip6U  is  not  sufficient  in  a  contract  for  the  sale  of  land. — C.  R

AnctU  vs  D4cJUne,  6  Q.  L.  R.,  p.  317.
52.  A  cross-question  put  by  the  party  who  is  sought  to  be  declared    by
by  the  plamtiff  father  to  an  illegitimate  child,  cannot  form  a  coiiimene«meR<  deprt^t>^


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Of  proof.— Art  IMJ.  587

par  Scrit  It  might  perhaps  suffice  if  it  were  a  question  in  examination-in  chief,
and  put  by  the  party  to  his  own  witness.  (See  C.  C.  232.>— C.  R. — TurcotU  vs
Nack4,  7  Q.  L.  R.,  p.  196.
53.  That  the  testimony  of  the  Plaintift's  auieuVf  admitting  that  he  had  sold
a  portion  of  a  lot  of  land  to  the  Defeudant,  will  not  be  taken  as  a  commencement
de  preuve  par  Scrit,  entitling  the  Defendant  to  produce  verbal  evidence  of
ownership. — G.  R — Lecompie  vs  Lafiammej  9  Q.  Ik  R.,  p.  140.
