WHALER MOTOR INN, INC. v. PARSONS


372 Mass. 620 (1977)

363 N.E.2d 493

WHALER MOTOR INN, INC. vs. RICHARD H. PARSONS & others (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

May 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Miller for Whaler Motor Inn, Inc.

Robert W. Harrington (John M. Doukas with him) for Richard H. Parsons.

Thomas F. McGuire for David S. Barnet & others, trustees.

John A. Tierney for David Freedman & another.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

We granted further appellate review of decisions of the Appeals Court, reached by a five to one vote of the Justices of that court, reversing decrees of a judge of the Superior Court, which pose questions as to the duties of "promoters" and, in case of a breach of duty, as to the measure of damages to be cast. Relegating the procedural history of these cases and certain matters of detail to footnotes,3 we block out the facts...

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