Williams v. Smith

A district court judge, after a jury-waived trial, ordered a judgment to enter in the amount of $50,000.00 against the defendant, Maureen A. Smith (“Smith”), in a suit brought against her by Doreen M. Williams ("Williams”) for breach of contract. Smith appeals from that judgment.

In November, 2005, according to evidence that the trial judge could have credited, Williams put her mobile home in Malden up for sale for $69,900.00, with plans to move with her daughter, who was undergoing chemotherapy, to live with her other daughter in Florida. The following spring, she met Smith, who indicated an…