Bachewicz v. American National Bank & Trust Co.

Plaintiffs, B&B Investment Company and its individual partners, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing their complaint for specific performance of a contract to convey real property. A notice of appeal has also been filed from the court’s denial of plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file an amended complaint.

The issues which we consider on appeal are (1) whether plaintiffs have a right to rely on provisions of defendants’ joint venture agreement to show the existence of a valid contract enforceable under the statute of frauds, and (2) whether the trial court erred in…