Legal Opinion
Abbott v. Bean
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 28, 1934PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This case comes here on appeal from a final decree dismissing the bill after the sustaining of demurrers filed by the defendants Bean and Hamilton. The case made by the bill is as follows. Early in 1932 the plaintiff asked the defendant Bean to obtain for the plaintiff an option to buy the premises at 115-119 North Street in Boston, owned by Herbert B. Pettee and A. Bertha Pettee. Bean obtained instead a written agreement, dated April 5, 1932, in which the buyer was one Hyman Yaffe, who was acting for Bean. This agreement was hardly more than an option, because it provided that if the buyer…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Reno v. CotterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Hollingsworth & Vose Co. v. Foxborough Water Supply DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Cranston v. HallockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Massachusetts Gasoline & Oil Co. v. Go-Gas Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Strout v. United Shoe Machinery Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Long v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Trade Mutual Liability Insurance v. PetersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Wilson v. JenningsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Hill v. Trustees of Glenwood CemeteryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Abbott v. BeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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