Nelson v. Brostoff

*488RICHARDSON, P. J.

Plaintiffs brought this action to specifically enforce a contract whereby defendant purportedly agreed to sell all of the stock of Rico’s Red Lion Pizza Parlors, Inc., to plaintiffs. Defendant moved for summary judgment on the ground that the alleged contract violated the “applicable statutes of fraud [sic].” The trial court granted the motion, plaintiffs appeal and we affirm.

After the parties reached some level of preliminary agreement in late August or early September, 1982, defendant’s attorney drafted a proposed written purchase and sale agreement. It provided that…