Centredale Investment Company v. Prudential Insurance Company of America

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Centredale Investment Company (Centredale), instituted this diversity action in the District Court for the District of Rhode Island to enforce an oral lease, which it allegedly entered into with defendant, Prudential Insurance Company (Prudential). Following a jury trial, a judgment was entered for plaintiff in the amount of $41,195. Although defendant raises several issues on appeal, the sole issue we reach is whether the district court erred in concluding, as a matter of law, that the Rhode Island Statute of Frauds .did not preclude enforcement of the alleged…