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· 1/31/1991

Lobosco v. Donovan

Citations

  • 565 N.E.2d 819
  • 30 Mass. App. Ct. 53
  • 1991 Mass. App. LEXIS 59

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that repudiation of binding purchase and sale agreement was “wrongful act” under exception to the Tristram’s Landing rule
  • “[A] promisor may not avoid his promised performance based on the nonoccurrence of a condition, where the promi-sor has himself hindered or prevented its occurrence.”
  • recovery by broker where seller prevented completion of sale to take advantage of higher offer
  • where defendant prevented completion of sale so as to take advantage of higher offer was wrongful act requiring him to pay broker’s commission for thwarted sale
  • seller obligated to pay commission if sale fails through seller’s “wrongful act or interference”

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Judges: Armstrong, Perretta, Jacobs

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