Legal Opinion
Dalton v. Austin
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 22, 1981PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The Plaintiff, Emily Dalton, (formerly Emily Ruebsamen), appeals from a judgment for the Defendant, Whitney W. Austin, Sr., entered by the Superior Court in Penobscot County after a jury-waived trial on her complaint for conversion of certain financial contributions she had made to a business in Bangor known as The Small Change Restaurant, of which Austin was originally the sole proprietor.
In March of 1974, the Plaintiff and Defendant reached an oral agreement concerning the business, the exact terms of which were the subject of conflicting testimony at trial. The Plaintiff,…
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