Costello v. Pet Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• real estate transaction; nominee of real estate trust was solely responsible for outstanding liability
• “a request for a modification accompanying an acceptance does not prevent the formation of a contract where it is clear that the offeree intended to accept!,] whether or not the modification was accepted”
• a party may seek to “improve the deal” without “destroying it altogether”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Charles River Park, Inc. v. Boston Redevelopment Authority
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-07-10· cited 28×
• Normandin v. Eastland Partners, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-03-06· cited 12×
• Mass. Hous. Fin. Agency v. WHITNEY HOUSE ASSOC
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-09-02· cited 9×
• Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency v. Whitney House Associates
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-09-02· cited 5×
• Simpson v. Vasiliou
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-01-10· cited 4×
• Saint-Fort v. Sanon-Desir
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-04-06
• Keystone Shipping Co. v. New England Power Co.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1995-08-17
• First General Realty Corp. v. Carpinteri
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2001-02-07
• Orbison Corp. v. Russ
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2007-03-14
• Kurker v. Shoestring Properties Ltd. Partnership
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2009-08-08

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Flynn v. Wallace
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-06-23· cited 44×
• David J. Tierney, Jr., Inc. v. T. Wellington Carpets, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-08-13· cited 36×
• Raynor v. Russell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-12-05· cited 33×
• Limpus v. Armstrong
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1975-01-28· cited 31×
• Nelson v. Hamlin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1927-01-24· cited 31×
• Gateway Company, Inc., and Third Party v. Charlotte Theatres, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1961-12-08· cited 19×
• Barkhausen v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1954-05-24· cited 17×
• Kaplan v. Bessette
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-04-09· cited 13×
• Allen v. Rakes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-03-05· cited 13×
• Gevalt v. Diwoky
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-06-06· cited 12×
• Lee v. Ravanis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-12-13· cited 11×