Back Bay Travel Agency, Inc. v. Bennett

Plaintiff Back Bay Travel Agency, Inc. (“Back Bay”) brought this action for breach of contract and G.L.c. 93A violations against defendant Robert Bennett and his wife, defendant Marceline Donaldson, for their alleged failure to pay for airline tickets sold to them for resale to their own clients.

In addition to the question of whether there were, in fact, payments owed, the key issue at trial was whether the defendants were individually liable for such payments. Back Bay maintained that the defendants were doing business as “Bennett Travel” and were personally liable. The defendants contended…