Akron Brick & Block Co. v. Moniz Engineering Co., Inc.

The buyer of a machine is here resisting a claim for the balance of the price; it asserts that under the contract the seller remained the owner of the machine, that the machine was returned to the seller, and that the seller will be unjustly enriched. We hold that (1) a District Court finding, introduced as “prima facie evidence” in the Superior Court under G. L. c. 231, § 102C, is sufficient to warrant a finding no matter what other evidence is introduced in the Superior Court, and (2) apart from any District Court finding, under the Uniform Commercial Code, G. L. c. 106, § 2-709 (1) (a), a…