Legal Opinion
Kaarela v. Birkhead
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 14, 1992No. 90-P-1508PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
Two lawyers, Edwin E. Kaarela and Geoffrey F. Birkhead, representing the parties to a failed real estate deal have clashed over the return of the deposit money for nearly a decade. The litigation commenced in the Commonwealth of Virginia where Mr. Birkhead maintained his practice. Later in 1984, Mr. Kaarela, the buyer’s attorney, brought the present suit for breach of contract alleging that Mr. Birkhead had failed to perform an escrow agreement with respect to the security deposit.
After a jury-waived trial in August of 1989, a judge of the Superior Court made findings of fact which are…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sherman v. WerbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Jenkins v. BaconMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Childs v. Harbor Lounge of Lynn, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Harlow v. BartlettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Progressive Iron Works Realty Corp. v. Eastern Milling Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1959
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Aranha v. Eagle Fund, Ltd. (In Re Thornhill Global Deposit Fund, Ltd.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2000
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