[Download] "Jonestown Place Corp. v. 153 West 33Rd Street Corp. Et Al." by Court of Appeals of New York ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Jonestown Place Corp. v. 153 West 33Rd Street Corp. Et Al.
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 05, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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It is axiomatic that an oral agreement for the sale of real property is unenforceable under the Statute of Frauds (General Obligations Law, § 5-703, subd 2). Part performance will render the contract enforceable only where such performance is "unequivocally referable" to the alleged agreement of sale (e.g., Burns v McCormick, 233 NY 230, 232). Inasmuch as the mere purchase of an adjoining parcel of land from a third party is equivocal, it is not sufficient part performance to remove the bar of the statute (cf. Gracie Sq. Realty Corp. v Choice Realty Corp., 305 NY 271, 279-281). Nor in these circumstances may plaintiff rely upon the same alleged performance to create an estoppel and thereby circumvent the part performance rule (see Burns v McCormick, supra, at pp 234-235).