Perroncello v. Donahue

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that the seller was entitled to specific performance of real estate contract and damages, i.e., carrying costs that he incurred as a result of the delay between the planned closing date and the actual date of conveyance
• “The law of contracts is intended to give an injured party the benefit of the bargain, not the benefit of the bargain and a windfall.”
• specific performance and damages are alternative remedies for breach of contract

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Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Santos v. U.S Bank National Association
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-07-08· cited 37×
• Kunelius v. Town of Stow
  First Circuit· 2009-11-09· cited 36×
• K.G.M. Custom Homes, Inc. v. Prosky
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-05-29· cited 19×
• Anthony Arcese v. Daniel Schmitt & Company
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2016-09-06· cited 18×
• CR-RSC Tower I, LLC v. RSC Tower I, LLC
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-10-26· cited 12×
• Atwater v. Driscoll
  First Circuit· 2013-09-20· cited 5×
• Ferguson v. Maxim
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-11-06
• Hlatky v. Steward Health Care System, LLC
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-04-28
• Driscoll v. Santella
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-01-16
• NRT New England, Inc. v. Moncure
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2008-06-20
• Kurker v. Shoestring Properties Ltd. Partnership
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2009-08-08
• K & K Development, Inc. v. Andrews
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2023-09-15
• White Knight Development, LLC v. Dick B. Simmons, Sr., and Julie M. Simmons
  Texas Supreme Court· 2025-06-13

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Situation Management Systems, Inc. v. Malouf, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-08· cited 177×
• Paro v. Longwood Hospital
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-11-16· cited 116×
• Connihan v. Thompson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1873-01-15· cited 83×
• Greenfield Country Estates Tenants Ass'n v. Deep
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-06-26· cited 65×
• Lynch v. Andrew
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-08-19· cited 55×
• Kelly v. Marx
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-02-10· cited 53×
• Penney v. First National Bank of Boston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-04-06· cited 30×
• Perroncello v. Donahue
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-09-16· cited 7×
• Slaughter v. La Compagnie Francaises Des Cables Telegraphiques
  Second Circuit· 1902-12-02· cited 6×
• Richman v. Seaberg
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-12-01· cited 4×

Other cases named Perroncello v. Donahue

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Perroncello v. Donahue
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-09-16· cited 7×