1. What is the rationale behind requiring that contracts for longer than one year satisfy the statute of frauds?
2. The plaintiff argued that the monthly rental checks paid by the defendant to the plaintiff should be held to satisfy the statute of frauds. Why does the appellate court disagree?

Harvey, Justice
Appeal from an order and judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Murphy, J.), entered April 19, 1985 in Madison County, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.