Legal Opinion
Lynch v. Ouellette
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 7, 1996PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Justice.
James Lynch appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.) in favor of George Ouellette and Sonia Ouellette on Lynch’s complaint for the recovery of a $30,-000 deposit he paid the Ouellettes as earnest money under a contract for the sale of real estate. Lynch contends that the trial court erred in granting the Ouellettes’ motion for a summary judgment because he is entitled to a return of his deposit under the terms of the contract or, in the alternative, under an unjust enrichment theory. Finding no merit in Lynch’s contentions,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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