Case Name: VASIL G. MITRUSHI, ET AL. v. FRANK VESPA, ET AL.
Court: Massachusetts Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1964-07-17
Citations: 29 Mass. App. Dec. 33
Docket Number: No. 5776; No. 560,498
Parties: VASIL G. MITRUSHI, ET AL v. FRANK VESPA, ET AL
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Appellate Decisions
Volume: 29
Pages: 33–35

Head Matter:
Northern District
No. 5776
VASIL G. MITRUSHI, ET AL v. FRANK VESPA, ET AL
July 17, 1964
No. 560,498.
Present: Brooks, P. J., Eno & Connolly, JJ.
Case tried to Mayberry, J. in the District Court of Newton. No. 6557. Suffolk Superior Court

Opinion:
Eno, J.
This is an action of tort or contract by which the plaintiffs seek to recover a deposit of money paid on a purchase and sale agreement of real property. The answer is a general denial.
The trial justice made findings of facts in which he found that there was an attachment pending against the property; that the defendants were willing and able to post a bond to discharge the attachment; that the plaintiffs had changed their minds about purchasing the property; that the defendants .could have conveyed the property by a good and sufficient deed; and found for the defendants.
The trial justice also allowed all of the plaintiffs' requests for rulings and their only claim by this report is that the_ finding for the defendant is inconsistent with the granting of their requests for rulings.
This question cannot be raised in this manner. The plaintiffs should have filed a motion for a new trial or a motion to correct the alleged inconsistency. Then, if the court denied either motion, the plaintiffs could have claimed a report on that ruling and preserved their right to have it reviewed. DiLorenzo v. Atlantic National Bank, 278 Mass. 321, 323-324; Godfrey v. Campbell, 321 Mass. 161, 162; Kelsey v. Hampton Court Hotel Co., 327 Mass. 150, 153; Viera v. Balsamo, 328 Mass. 37, 39.
Hartstone & Hartstone, Louis Kobrin, of Boston, for the Plaintiffs.
Edward E. Cohen, Dwork & Goodman, of Boston, for the Defendants.
The report is to be dismissed.