In Re the Estate of Cullum

WILBUR, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Duane Pankratz appeals the circuit court’s decision granting summary judgment on his claims against Robert Cullum’s estate for breach of an oral promise to transfer corporate stock and for the recovery of corporate debt Robert Cullum personally guaranteed to pay. We affirm.

Background

[¶ 2.] Duane Pankratz and Robert Cul-lum have been neighbors since the 1970s. Prior to. his death in 2012, Cullum owned and operated Mineral Technology Corporation (MinTec). At some point between 2000 and 2003, Cullum and his son Scott approached Pankratz for a loan because, according to…