Legal Opinion
Benjamin Foster Co. v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 7, 1945PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This petition is prosecuted under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 258 to recover for work done and for damages sustained by the petitioner acting as contractor for the metropolitan district water supply commission (St. 1926, c. 375; St. 1927, c. 321) in respect to “Item 8” of “Contract No. 52,” dated August 24, 1936, relating to the construction of the embankment for the main dam of Quabbin Reservoir. The work out of which this litigation arises was performed during the spring, summer and autumn seasons of the years 1937 and 1938.
The petitioner contends' that no express contract ever came into existence…
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