Legal Opinion
John Alden Transportation Co. v. Bloom
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 28, 1981PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
By this action brought in the Superior Court the plaintiff sought to impose a constructive trust. The plaintiff alleged that it orally agreed to refrain from bidding on certain real estate at a foreclosure auction sale in exchange for the defendants’ promise to convey a one-half interest in the said property if their bid was successful. It was.
The defendants denied the existence of any agreement. The defendants claimed, alternatively, that any such agreement would fail due to a lack of consideration, or would be unenforceable by reason of the Statute of Frauds (G. L. c. 259, § 1). The judge…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Community National Bank v. DawesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Meinhard v. SalmonNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Cardullo v. LandauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Barry v. CovichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- John B. Deary, Inc. v. CraneMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1976
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Mass Cash Register, Inc. v. Comtrex Systems Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Plaintiff/counterclaim Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Qlt Phototherapeutics, Inc., Qlt, Inc., Counterclaim Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Evangelos S. Gragoudas, M.D., Joan W. Miller, M.D., Counterclaim Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- County of Middlesex v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Gannett v. LowellMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
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