McCarthy v. Tobin

We granted the interveners’ application for further appellate review following the Appeals Court’s opinion in McCarthy v. Tobin, 44 Mass. App. Ct. 274, 279 (1998), concluding *85that the plaintiff was entitled to specific performance of a real estate purchase. The plaintiff, John J. McCarthy, Jr., claims that the defendant, Ann G. Tobin, agreed to sell certain real estate to him. He asserts that they created a binding agreement when they signed a standard offer to purchase (OTP) form. The DiMinicos intervened because they later agreed to purchase the property in question from Tobin. McCarthy and…