Constantino v. Massachusetts Electric Co.

This action has been brought under the provisions of G.L.c.93A. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant, a public utility corporation, committed an unfair or deceptive practice by requiring him to pay the defendant $7000 before the defendant woiild clear a public way of its lines to enable the plaintiff to move a house.

At trial, there was evidence according to the report and the trial judge’s findings see Olofson v. Kilgallon, 362 Mass. 803 (1973) - as follows -

The plaintiff informed the defendant timely of his intention of moving a house along public ways from one location to another in…