Massachusetts Appeals Court· 5/22/1979

Tull v. Mister Donut Development Corp.

Citations

389 N.E.2d 447
7 Mass. App. Ct. 626
1979 Mass. App. LEXIS 1195

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“Businessmen would be undesirably inhibited in their dealings if expressions of intent and the exchange of drafts were taken as legally binding agreements.”
the parties’ communications about the terms of a long-term commercial lease left open points of the financing and timing of improvements so as to remain only “an agenda for further discussion”
“Normally the fact that parties contemplate the execution of final written documents justifies a strong inference that the parties do not intend to be bound by earlier negotiations or agreements until the final terms are settled.”
requirement that reliance be reasonable

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Judges: Grant, Perretta, Kass

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