Legal Opinion
Rosenfield v. United States Trust Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 25, 1935PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is an action at law in contract, wherein the plaintiffs seek to recover damages for the breach of an agreement to lease to them certain premises known as number 42 Winter Street, Boston. The action was instituted originally by a bill in equity for specific performance, but was subsequently amended into its present form by leave of court on the plaintiffs’ motion. The case was tried in the Superior Court to a jury. The pleadings are made a part of the plaintiffs’ bill of exceptions. Among other things the defendants pleaded the statute of frauds. “At the trial no paper or document was…
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