1100 North Main LLC v. Shoreby Hill Properties, Inc.

Syllabus

The plaintiff, 1100 North Main LLC (plaintiff), appealed from a Superior Court judgment in favor of the defendant, Shoreby Hill Properties, Inc. (defendant), dismissing the plaintiff's complaint, which sought declaratory and other relief related to a purchase and sales agreement concerning the defendant's property located at 301 Harris Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island (the Harris Avenue property). The trial justice also quashed two notices of lis pendens that the plaintiff had filed on the Harris Avenue property and denied the plaintiff's motion to amend its complaint. The Supreme Court held that email communications concerning the purchase and sales agreement failed to satisfy the statute of frauds and therefore no binding contract had been formed. Accordingly, the Court affirmed the judgment of the Superior Court as well as the trial justice's decision to deny the plaintiff's motion to amend and grant the defendant's motion to quash the notices of lis pendens.