Middletown Associates v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

Opinion

STOUGHTON, J.

The plaintiff, Middletown Associates, appeals from the trial court’s judgment of dismissal. The plaintiffs action seeking payment of rent was dismissed on the ground that the plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case of breach of contract, estoppel and detrimental *724reliance. The plaintiff claims that it presented sufficient evidence to establish (1) a prima facie case of breach of an express contract, (2) acceptance of a counteroffer resulting in a contract, or (3) implied contract arising from detrimental reliance on the defendants’…