Legal Opinion
O'Meara v. Smyth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 29, 1922PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is an action of contract to recover a balance of $250 unpaid upon an agreement to pay the plaintiff $750, as liquidated damages, in the event the defendant failed or neglected to perform his agreement to purchase of the plaintiff certain real estate upon the terms of a contract executed by the plaintiff and the defendant.
At the trial it appeared that a contract of sale and purchase of certain real estate, owned by the plaintiff and his son, had been duly executed by the defendant and by the Chas. G. Clapp Company as agents for the plaintiff. It further appeared that the contract signed…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- International Textbook Co. v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Colonial Development Corp. v. BragdonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Tremont Trust Co. v. BurackMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Cannon v. BurrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Bates v. SouthgateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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- Sharkey v. Burlingame Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1929
- Angerosa v. White Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
- Sullivan v. RocheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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