Whitney v. Johnson

It is symptomatic of the overkill unleashed on this case that it required the entry of twelve judgments in the Superior Court to dispose of the various claims and counterclaims. The underlying transaction is a single-family house sale, which went awry, and the dispute is about who failed to perform. A jury found it was the seller, Barbara C. Johnson, and she has appealed from the resultant judgments. She appeals as well from several judgments entered on the basis of directed verdicts adverse to her.

Upon conflicting evidence, the jury could have found the following: Johnson and the buyers,…