Legal Opinion

Kay Petroleum Corp. v. Piergrossi

Connecticut Superior Court

Decided July 17, 1950No. File 83228Published

1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, J.

On May 31, 1947, the plaintiff entered into a written contract with the defendants and one Reynolds under which the plaintiff agreed to sell and the defendants agreed to buy the entire gasoline requirements of a gas station owned by the defendants in Plainville for a-period of five years. In addition, the defendants agreed to buy their entire requirements of motor oil, greases and petroleum products from the plaintiff - though the contract is silent as to any obligation upon the plaintiff to supply them.

The defendants breached the contract on September 1, 1948, when they changed over to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Co. of California v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Stanton v. New York & Eastern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
  3. Maguire v. KieselSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
  4. Home Pattern Co. v. W. W. Mertz Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
  5. Quincy Oil Co. v. SylvesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921

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