Eskenazi v. Schapiro

*313Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Karla Moskowitz, J.), entered January 11, 2005, which, to the extent appealed from, denied defendant’s motion, brought pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7), to dismiss plaintiffs first cause of action asserting breach of contract, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion granted and the complaint dismissed. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.

Plaintiff Harold R. Eskenazi, defendant Jules W. Schapiro, and six other individuals entered into a joint venture, pursuant to an agreement dated July 1980, in order to “purchase, own and…