"The statute covers every imaginable case where an interest in land is divested by any act of the party concerned. It applies to surrenders as well as transfers and excludes the idea that there can be any waiver unless it is written."7 This the statute has been held to apply to oral contracts of partnership for the purpose of dealing in land and a contract of this character has been held void under the statutes,8 the statute has also been held to apply to an equity of redemption,9 to easements in land,10 to a right of way across land,11 to an agreement for permission to extend a spur track across land.12 It also applies to the sale of standing timber and such a sale unless in writing is void,13 however, a verbal agreement for the sale of standing timber has been construed by the courts to give to the assignee a license to enter and to cut the standing timber which license is valid until revoked.14

7. The statute of frauds covers every imaginable case where an interested is divested by any act of the party concerned. It applies to surrenders as well as transfers, and excludes the idea that there can be any waiver (if there be such an act concerning lands), unless it is written. The language used is "No estate or interest in lands, other than leases for a term not exceeding one year, nor any trust or power over or concerning lands, or in any manner relating thereto, shall hereafter be created, granted, assigned, surrendered or declared, unless by act or operation of law, or by a deed or conveyance in writing, subscribed by the party creating, granting, assigning, surrendering or declaring the same, or by some person thereunto by him lawfully authorized by writing. Whiting v. Butler, 49 Mich. 144.

8. An oral contract of partnership for the purpose of dealing in lands is void under the statute of frauds. Nestor v. Sullivan, 147 Mich. 493.

9. Nims v. Sherman, 43 Mich. 51; Rawson v. Dodge, 40 Mich. 690.

10. Miller v. Reeves, 1 Mich. 110.

11. D. H. R. R. Co. v. Forbes, 30 Mich. 175.

12. Dumner v. V. S. Gypsum Co., 153 Mich. 622.

13. Russel v. Meyers, 32 Mich. 522; Johnson v. Moore, 28 Mich. 3.

14. Spaulding v. Archobold, 52 Mich. 365; Greeley v. Stellison, 27 Mich. 153; Sovereign v. Orlman, 47 Mich. 181; Wallace v. Kelley, 148 Mich. 338; Newberry v. Chicago Lumber Co., 154 Mich. 84.