· 5/26/1909
Fernald v. Gooch
Citations
- 202 Mass. 408
- 88 N.E. 763
- 1909 Mass. LEXIS 865
How courts have described this case
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- ‘Tn preventing gratuitous 'bootstrapping’ of contract claims into tort claims, courts recognize that a breach of contract will not generally constitute a tort.”
- stock for assets; acknowledging the principle but holding that transferee had agreed to assume liabilities, producing a de facto merger
- adopting de facto merger doctrine
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Judges: Sheldon
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