<Li> Contracts by the executor of a will to pay a debt of the estate with his own money . </Li> <Li> Contracts for the sale of goods totaling $500.00 or more . </Li> <Li> Contracts in which one party becomes a surety (acts as guarantor) for another party's debt or other obligation . </Li> <P> In an action for specific performance of a contract to convey land, the agreement must be in writing to satisfy the statute of frauds . The statute is satisfied if the contract to convey is evidenced by a writing or writings containing the essential terms of a purchase and sale agreement and signed by the party against whom the contract is to be enforced . If there is no written agreement, a court of equity can specifically enforce an oral agreement to convey only if the part performance doctrine is satisfied . In most jurisdictions, part performance is proven when the purchaser pays the purchase price, has possession of the land and makes improvements on the land, all with the permission of the seller . No jurisdiction is satisfied by payment of the purchase price alone . </P>

Which of the following contracts falls within the statute of frauds