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· 3/2/1973

Aerostatic Engineering Corp. v. Szczawinski

Citations

  • 294 N.E.2d 521
  • 1 Mass. App. Ct. 141
  • 1973 Mass. App. LEXIS 433

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding prior oral agreement could not modify contract where “[i]t is clear to [the court], from reading the document, that this represented the complete agreement between the parties with respect to the terms of payment”
  • where defendant materially breached construction contract, plaintiff was permitted to cease performance and receive damages without setoff
  • defendant's failure to pay large part of sum owed was \substantial breach going to the root of the 9 contract thus entitling the plaintiff to terminate\
  • oral agreement regarding payment provision inadmissible where payment provision of contract was not ambiguous.
  • oral agreement cannot modify payment terms unambiguously expressed in written contract
  • oral agreement cannot modify payment terms unambiguously expressed in written contract

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Judges: Rose, Goodman, Armstrong

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