Opinion ID: 508459
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Ill Rev.Stat. ch. 59, p 2, states:

Text: No action shall be brought to charge any person upon any contract for the sale of lands, tenements or hereditaments or any interest in or concerning them, for a longer term than one year, unless such contract or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized in writing, signed by such party. 2 Feldman believes his rights based on good faith are more compelling because he alleges that no material disagreements remained, the draft only awaiting signature. But the extent to which negotiations have in fact progressed is irrelevant to the right of withholding consent to a contract. See Chicago Title, 92 Ill.App.3d at 69-71, 47 Ill.Dec. at 671-73, 415 N.E.2d at 676-78 3 One hurdle to recovery in this line of argument is the letter's statement that this is not a binding agreement. Another is the letter's ambiguity on what constitutes discussions or negotiations. 4 Feldman asserts that the final pre-trial order put the binding quality of the letter of intent at issue. It did, but not as an independent theory of liability against Allegheny. Given the status of the complaint, the question was relevant to the allegation of interference with business relations, and to the good faith duty to negotiate argument against Allegheny. Allegheny had no reason to prepare a defense to the theory Feldman attempted to add on the basis of the pre-trial order