Normandin v. Eastland Partners, Inc.

These cross appeals by the plaintiffs and Hope-dale Development, Inc. (Hopedale), involve land swap agreements between the plaintiffs and Hopedale as well as Hope-dale’s contract to convey the same land to Eastland Partners, Inc. (Eastland). On the plaintiffs’ complaint for specific performance, the judge concluded that Eastland had no obligation to honor Hopedale’s land swap agreements with the plaintiffs and ordered Hopedale to attempt to buy back the land from Eastland and perform its agreements with the plaintiffs or pay them damages in an amount that would either enable them to buy the…