Stiber v. Cotrone

Appeal from that part of an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Hughes, J.), entered May 1, 1986 in Albany County, which partially granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment.

In July 1977, defendants Joseph Cotrone and Alexander Zanetti discussed with plaintiff the purchase of a number of restaurants that plaintiff was offering for sale. Of the seven restaurants involved, three were in the Albany area and four were located in or near Syracuse. All of the restaurants were *792operated under a franchise agreement with Lum’s. According to defendants, during the course of negotiations,…