Legal Opinion
Bazak International Corp. v. Mast Industries, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 16, 1989PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
This dispute between textile merchants concerning an alleged oral agreement to sell fabric centers on the "merchant’s exception” to the Statute of Frauds (UCC 2-201 [2]). We conclude that annotated purchase order forms signed by the buyer, sent to the seller and retained without objection, fall within the merchant’s exception, satisfying the statutory requirement of a writing even without the seller’s signature. It was therefore error to dismiss the buyer’s breach of contract action on Statute of Frauds grounds, and deny it any opportunity to prove that the alleged…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Scheck v. FrancisNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
- Jered Contracting Corp. v. New York City Transit AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Harry Rubin & Sons, Inc. v. Consolidated Pipe Co. of America, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
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3Cited by61 opinions
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