If an oral contract is declared to be unenforceable under the statute of frauds and one of the parties has rendered some performance under the contract that conferred benefits on the other party, he or she can recover the reasonable value of the performance on an express contract theory.

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The party may recover the reasonable value of the performance under a theory of quantum meruit or unjust enrichment, not an express contract, because an express contract requires a specific agreement, which is unenforceable under the statute of frauds in this scenario.

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