GRAVES EQUIPMENT, INC. v. M. DeMATTEO CONSTRUCTION CO.


397 Mass. 110 (1986)

489 N.E.2d 1010

GRAVES EQUIPMENT, INC. vs. M. DEMATTEO CONSTRUCTION Co. & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

March 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Lewin for M. DeMatteo Construction Co.

David R. Kaplan, for the plaintiff, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

At issue are the respective rights of an account debtor and an assignee in retainages withheld under a construction contract. The defendant M. DeMatteo Construction Co. (DeMatteo) appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Graves Equipment, Inc. (Graves), in the amount of $10,692.52, plus interest and costs. That amount represents the retainages held by DeMatteo under a material supplier contract with Dirt Movers, Inc. (Dirt Movers), an assignor...

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