Duggan v. Matthew Cummings Co.

This is an action of contract brought in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston to recover damages for breach of a contract for the erection by the plaintiff of the structural steel in a building. The declaration alleges the making of a contract, a copy of which is attached thereto, and breach thereof by the defendant. The copy set out consists of a written proposal by the plaintiff, dated May 4, 1930, addressed to the defendant, and a letter from the defendant to the plaintiff, dated June 4, 1930. The answer is a general denial. The question in controversy is whether a contract was made.

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