Legal Opinion
Walsh v. Cornwell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 2, 1930PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
This is an action of contract brought in the Superior Court by an owner of land against a builder to recover damages for breach of a written agreement to erect a dwelling house thereon. The case was referred to an auditor whose findings of fact were to be final. The trial judge denied the defendant’s motion to recommit the report to the auditor and ordered judgment for the plaintiff for $4,900, with interest from the date of the writ, and the defendant excepted.
The auditor found that the defendant entered into a contract with the plaintiff to build a dwelling house for the plaintiff to be…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Gillis v. CobeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Wells v. WellsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Brocklehurst & Potter Co. v. MarschMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Lunn & Sweet Co. v. WolfmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- W. R. Grace & Co. v. National Wholesale Grocery Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Ficara v. BelleauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Glazer v. SchwartzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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