Kaplan & Kaplan, Inc. v. Gleason

This is an action in contract against the guarantor to recover payment for gasoline sold and delivered by the plaintiff’s assignor and other obligations owed. After trial, judgment was entered for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed pursuant to Dist./Mun. Cts. R.A.D.A., Rule 8C.

Defendant Scott F. Gleason (“Gleason”) was a principal and major shareholder of Bradford Shell, Inc. (“BSI”), which owned a gasoline station in Bradford, Massachusetts. In 1990, BSI sold the station to Shell Oil Company (“Shell”), the plaintiff’s assignor. Shell leased the station back to BSI and entered into…