HAUPTMAN v. CONANT


9 Mass. App. Ct. 190 (1980)

400 N.E.2d 272

BRUCE HAUPTMAN & another vs. LORING CONANT, JR., & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman T. Byrnes (Thomas I. Elkind & Stephen A. Moore with him) for the defendants.

Nelson P. Lovins (Ira H. Zaleznik with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: HALE, C.J., GOODMAN, & GRANT, JJ.


HALE, C.J.

The plaintiffs' complaint seeking the return of the deposit paid on a real estate purchase and sale agreement was tried before a jury; the defendants have appealed from the judgment entered upon the verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. We hold that the defendants' motion for a directed verdict was erroneously denied and reverse the judgment.

In 1971 the plaintiffs and the defendants entered into a purchase and sale agreement for the defendants' house...

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