Legal Opinion
Barber v. Fox
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 20, 1994No. 92-P-380PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
On September 25, 1989, Leona Fox Barber sued her brother, Alden E. Fox, seeking specific performance of an oral agreement to convey real property, and damages and other relief for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. A Superior Court judge allowed the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, ruling that Leona’s claims were barred by the statute of limitations. 2 Leona appeals from the ensuing judgment of dismissal.
Taken in the light most favorable to Leona, the submissions before the court showed this factual setting. Archer D. Fox, who was the father of Alden and Leona, owned a farm in Dracut…
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