Legal Opinion
Brogna v. Pioneer Petroleum Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 11, 1962PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKirk, J.
The plaintiff, an attorney at law and a vice-president and director of the defendant corporation, was awarded damages in an action of contract to recover the fair and reasonable value of his legal services to the defendant. The case was tried to a jury pursuant to the defendant’s claim for jury trial.
On the liability aspect of the case the trial centered on whether there were one or two engagements of the plaintiff’s services by the defendant. The plaintiff’s declaration was in two counts. Count one was for services, in connection with the fixing of rates for the sale of natural gas at a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Cummings v. National Shawmut Bank of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Bray v. HickmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Bresnahan v. PromanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Squires v. FraskaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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3Cited by6 opinions
- First National Bank of Boston v. BrinkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Whitehall Co. v. BarlettaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Hadar Leasing International Co. v. D.H. Overmyer Telecasting Co. (In Re D.H. Overmyer Telecasting Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1982
- First National Bank of Boston v. BrinkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Nardella v. Western Express Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1963
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