Acierno v. McCall

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the- grant by the Court of Chancery of summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the ground that plaintiff’s action for specific performance of a contract to sell land was barred by the Statute of Frauds.

The relevant facts are these:

Plaintiff became interested in purchasing a farm owned by defendants. At the direction of a real estate agent who told plaintiff that Francis J. Trzuskowski, Esquire, a lawyer, had all the necessary information about the property, plaintiff sought out Mr. Trzuskowski and began negotiations with him. Plaintiff had…