Legal Opinion
Fafoutis v. Lyons
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 17, 1989PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to enforce an oral promise, the defendants appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Murphy, J.), dated May 15, 1987, as denied their cross motion to dismiss the complaint as barred by either the Statute of Limitations or the Statute of Frauds.
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the cross motion is granted, the complaint is dismissed, and the defendants’ counterclaim against the plaintiff is severed.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff James Fafoutis, entered into a…
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