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Panel weighs competing readings of a buyback option and whether emails modified the contract in Cyr v. Smith
Summary
A three-justice panel heard competing legal theories about a written option to repurchase property and a July email exchange the seller says modified that option.
A three-justice panel heard competing legal theories in a land-court appeal where plaintiffs say a written option in a sale agreement gave them a timely right to repurchase property, while the seller says a subsequent email exchange modified the option and that equitable defenses bar specific performance.
Stephen Griffin, counsel for the appellants (Joyce Hlupka and Pamela Cyr), told the panel the written agreement gave his clients an enforceable option to…
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