Carter v. Beck

WERNICK, Justice.

Plaintiff Francis Carter, a licensed real estate broker, instituted a civil action in the Superior Court (Kennebec County) against defendant Melvin Beck, a building contractor. The complaint sought damages for breach of contract, or in the alternative, a recovery on a quasi-contract rationale. At trial, the presiding Justice allowed only the breach of contract claim to go to the jury. The jury’s verdict awarded plaintiff damages of $10,000.00. Defendant has appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.

We sustain the appeal.

The plaintiff’s version of material events was…