Labrecque v. Branton Yachts Corp.

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court in which a jury found the defendant liable for breach of contract.

The sequence of events leading up to today’s appeal began in 1976 when plaintiff, Gerard Labrecque, purchased a partially completed forty-foot sailboat. For approximately two years plaintiff kept the boat in his backyard where he occasionally performed work on it. By 1978 plaintiff had completed all those tasks commensurate with his boat-building ability, but his craft still fell far short of being seaworthy. Therefore, he met with George…