Case Name: Patrick McGee, Appellant, v. Nemat U. Ghausi et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-10-16
Citations: 154 A.D.2d 517
Docket Number: 
Parties: Patrick McGee, Appellant, v Nemat U. Ghausi et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 517–518

Head Matter:
Patrick McGee, Appellant, v Nemat U. Ghausi et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
— In an action for specific performance of a contract for the sale of real property, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Benson, J.), entered May 19, 1988, which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is denied.
We conclude that the Supreme Court erred in awarding summary judgment to the defendants based on the Statute of Frauds. In their motion papers, the defendants did not request summary judgment dismissing the complaint on that basis. Thus, the granting of the motion on that ground was inappropriate.
We note that the defendants do not seek to sustain the award of summary judgment in their favor on the grounds they urged before the Supreme Court. We decline to reach those issues on this appeal. Mollen, P. J., Brown, Lawrence and Spatt, JJ., concur.