Civil Court of the City of New York May 22, 1998 (Alsaedi v. Alsaedi)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Rolando T. Acosta, J.

This action, tried before the court without a jury, arises from *441the sale of a grocery store in Brooklyn in 1995. The case requires the court to resolve the question of whether an oral contract which purports to temporarily transfer a lottery agent’s license in violation of law is enforceable, especially in light of the standard recently set forth by