Legal Opinion
Dutton v. Bennett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 4, 1928PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is an action of contract to recover damages for breach of an alleged agreement for the sale of *40standing wood and timber by the defendant to the plaintiff. The substance of the testimony of the plaintiff was that on August 9, 1922, he told the defendant that he would pay her $2,500 for the standing wood and timber on a designated lot belonging to the defendant in five instalments, $100 immediately, $400 in sixty days from August 9,1922, and the rest at later named dates, the wood and timber to be cut and removed at specified times; that he wrote a check for $100 and “laid it on the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Moss v. Old Colony Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Mansfield v. WilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Moskow v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Freeman v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Preferred Underwriters, Inc. v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ahern v. TowleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Laine v. AarnioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Gevalt v. DiwokyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Lowell Co-operative Bank v. SheridanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Sacks v. Martin Equipment Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
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