Legal Opinion
Cutler Associates, Inc. v. Merrill Trust Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 28, 1978PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
On December 24, 1974, Cutler Associates, Inc. (Cutler) and The Merrill Trust Company (Merrill) entered into a written contract which contemplated that Cutler would construct The Merrill Center, Bangor, for a contract price of $1,269,950. The contract expressly provided for the arbitration of all disputes arising thereunder. Subsequently, when a dispute arose over certain extras which Cutler asserted were due it, Cutler demanded arbitration. On June 6,1977, the arbitrators awarded Cutler $98,358.46.
Notice of the award reached Merrill on June 15, 1977. Merrill petitioned the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Wilko v. SwanSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Trustees of Boston & Maine Corp. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Fukaya Trading Company, SA v. Eastern Marine Corp.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971
- Roussel v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
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