Legal Opinion
Ernest & Norman Hart Bros. v. Town Contractors, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 26, 1984PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
The plaintiff is a Massachusetts corporation engaged in electrical contracting. In 1972 and thereafter, that corporation, Ernest and Norman Hart Brothers, Inc. (Hart), formed May 8, 1972, operated in Lawrence an electrical business which previously had been conducted by two brothers under the name of Hart Brothers. Under date of June 27,1972, the new corporation, as sole subcontractor, undertook by written agreement with Town Contractors, Inc. (Town), a Connecticut corporation, to do work (not involved in the present case) on a building to be used by Sears, Roebuck & Company at a shoppers’…
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- Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
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- Massachusetts Ass'n of Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers, Inc. v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Morris v. Watsco, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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