Legal Opinion
Zullo v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 12, 1980PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCottee, C. J.
The plaintiff Ralph Zullo brought this action for breach of contract claiming damages for lost profits due to the failure of the defendant DeForest W. Smith to purchase his property for $90,000. Zullo later sold it for $67,500 after he had received a letter from the defendant stating that he was terminating the contract and requesting the return of his deposit of $9000. The plaintiff alleged that the termination was improper because the contract was conditional only upon the obtaining of a building permit from the city of Milford and that the defendant had failed diligently to pursue the…
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