Legal Opinion
Fichera v. City of Lawrence
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 28, 1942PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The plaintiffs, who through an agent were the highest bidders at an auction sale of real estate owned by the defendant city, brought this bill for specific performance and damages, joining as defendants one Griffin, the mayor of the city, and one Hayes, the auctioneer. The defendants set up the statute of frauds.
After the sale the defendant Hayes gave the plaintiffs’ agent a memorandum of the sale signed by Hayes to which, however, he added a proviso or condition to the effect that conveyance of the property should be dependent upon acceptance of the deposit and confirmation of the sale by…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity v. PufferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Howe v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Riley v. FarnsworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Forman v. GadouasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- George Lawley & Son Corp. v. BuffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Kuwaiti Danish Computer Co. v. Digital Equipment Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Gordon v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Tzitzon Realty Co. Inc. v. MustonenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Cousbelis v. AlexanderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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