Martin entered into a written contract to sell Anna his football card collection for $10,000,payable in five installments.Martin then orally told Cathy that she could collect the proceeds of his sale.Discuss Cathy's legal rights.

While an assignment can be accomplished through written,oral,or implied agreements between the assignor and the assignee,the law requires that if an agreement by the original parties is in writing,the assignment also must be in writing.This rule is called the equal dignities rule.Since Martin and Anna have a written contract,Martin must assign his rights to the contract to Cathy in the written form.Because Martin has assigned his rights to Cathy orally,Cathy has no legal rights to enforce the assignment as per the equal dignities rule.