DUNNE v. FALL RIVER


328 Mass. 332 (1952)

104 N.E.2d 157

LLOYD B. DUNNE vs. CITY OF FALL RIVER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

January 31, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.A. Torphy, (T.C. Crowther with him,) for the plaintiff.

J.T. Farrell, Corporation Counsel, for the defendant.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, WILKINS, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


LUMMUS, J.

In this action of contract the plaintiff seeks compensation for services in inducing industrial concerns to locate in the defendant city. The defendant answered with a general denial, a claim of payment, and an assertion that any contract was one not to be performed within one year which without a sufficient memorandum could not be enforced under the statute of frauds. The defendant declared in set-off for $12...

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