Legal Opinion
Volpe Construction Co. v. First National Bank
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 15, 1991No. 89-P-569PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
This is an unusual situation of a building project for “affordable” housing, in which the general contractor, which had direct contractual relations only with the owner-developer, tried to recover its alleged losses — amounts supposedly due it from the owner and unpaid — from the bank which made the construction loan to the owner. The contractor proposed a number of theories for shifting the onus onto the bank, but they fail.
A. The Documents.
San Marco Housing Corporation (San Marco), a nonprofit community housing corporation, conceived a plan to build on Lincoln Wharf, Boston, on the site of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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