Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 15, 1995No. 94-P-916PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
In the context of an agreement to settle litigation, the parties bring before us a variant of the old and recurring question: have they by speech and acts agreed on all material points so that the signing of a document would merely memorialize their agreement, or did their understanding require that documents be signed before they would be bound to their settlement? See Hubbard v. Peairs, 24 Mass. App. Ct. 372, 378 (1987); Goren v. Royal Invs. Inc., 25 Mass. App. *538Ct. 137, 140 & n.3 (1987); Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 27 (1979).
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2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Goren v. Royal Investments Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1987
- Dominick v. DominickMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Wood v. Roy Lapidus, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
- Commerce Insurance v. KochMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1988
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