Legal Opinion
J. A. Sullivan Corp. v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 25, 1986PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
This is the defendant’s appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court in the amount of $154,463.53, plus interest and costs, in favor of the plaintiff, J. A. Sullivan Corporation (Sullivan), following a contract dispute between Sullivan and the defendant, the Commonwealth. We transferred the case here on our own motion and address the following issues: (1) whether, as a matter of law, Sullivan is precluded from recovering against the Commonwealth on quantum meruit; (2) whether, given the terms of the contract, the judge erred in awarding recovery to Sullivan in quantum meruit; (3) whether the…
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