· 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
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- 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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