Tore, Ltd. v. Church

OPINION

This is an appeal from summary judgment granted pursuant to NRCP 56(c). Appellant Tore, Ltd. (Tore) alleged below that respondent Herbert R. Church, Jr. orally promised to answer for the obligations of a newly-formed corporation Church had been instrumental in organizing. The new corporation, Hobby Towne, Inc., entered into a lease agreement with Tore which the corporation subsequently breached. Church moved for summary judgment, arguing that even assuming he made an oral promise, under the Nevada Statute of Frauds, NRS 111.220(2), 1 enforceable promises to answer for the debt,…