HALL v. HORIZON HOUSE MICROWAVE, INC.


24 Mass. App. Ct. 84 (1987)

506 N.E.2d 178

MITCH HALL vs. HORIZON HOUSE MICROWAVE, INC. & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

April 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas A. Abraham for the plaintiff.

William Baker for the defendants.

Present: DREBEN, QUIRICO, & KASS, JJ.


KASS, J.

There lies at the core of the case the question whether a stock option which is part of an employment agreement is exempt from a Statute of Frauds, i.e., the requirement of G.L.c. 106, § 8-319, as inserted by St. 1957, c. 765, § 1, that "[a] contract for the sale of securities is not enforceable ... unless: (a) there is some writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought...."2 Before reaching the...

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