Hiram Ricker & Sons v. Students International Meditation Society

POMEROY, Justice.

This case is before us on a certification of questions of law from the District Court of the United States, District of Massachusetts, pursuant to 4 M.R.S.A. § 57. The certification was directed by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Hiram Ricker & Sons v. Students International Meditation Society, 501 F.2d 550 (1st Cir. 1974.)

The “Nature of the Case” and “Statement of Facts” set out in the certificate may be summarized as follows:

The plaintiff-appellee, Hiram Ricker & Sons, a Maine corporation, brought an action for breach of contract in the District…