McCartin v. Westlake

At least since Bates v. Southgate, 308 Mass. 170 (1941), 4 we have witnessed the need, in cases challenging the enforceability of a contract on the claim of fraud, to resolve the conflict between providing relief to victims of the alleged fraud and fending off the threat to contractual certainty (by denying such relief). Compare Plumer v. Luce, 310 Mass. 789 (1942) (denying relief, with Mc-Evoy Travel Bureau, Inc. v. Norton Co., 408 Mass. 704 (1990) (granting relief). See most recently Greenery Rehabilitation Group, Inc. v. Antaramian, ante 73 (1994) (denying relief). This case is to be added…