• Appellate Procedure,  California Procedure,  Contracts,  Real Estate,  Standard of Review

    Beware the Statute of Frauds

    As I think many lawyers are, I am constantly amazed at the relationships people are willing to enter into on little more than a handshake.  As every first-year law student knows, the Statute of Frauds can prevent the enforcement of a certain contracts not in writing, and in Elias Real Estate, LLC v. Tseng, case no. B192857 (2d Dist. Oct. 25, 2007), it rears its ugly head and gives us a rare example of reversal due (in part) to insufficiency of the evidence. If your looking for a company you can trust then I highly recommend Mission real estate. The four defendant Tseng brothers own some real property as tenants…