Legal Opinion
Coken Co., Inc. v. Department of Public Works
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 16, 1980PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.
The plaintiff (Coken) seeks damages for breach of a contract which it had executed with the defendant (the DPW) for the installation of a computerized traffic control system in Malden. The DPW rescinded the contract shortly after Coken had begun performance of it because the contract was executed by Wendell Corporation (Wend ell) of Rhode Island, the name used by the corporate entity immediately before it adopted its current title. Invoking several statutory and regulatory provisions (see G. L. c. 29, § 8B as amended by St. 1967, c. 54), the DPW claimed Wendell ceased to exist as of the date…
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