Opinion ID: 1467960
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Graybar's Cross-Appeal for Attorney's Fees and Interest

Text: Graybar has cross-appealed from the trial court's exclusion of evidence that Graybar wished to present as to the amount of attorney's fees and interest it claimed were due from Pine Tree. However, at trial Graybar laid no foundation for the introduction of that evidence. The presiding justice implicitly found that Graybar had presented no evidence from which the jury could find that Sawyer's oral guarantee extended beyond the purchase price of the goods delivered to Pine Tree. On appeal we cannot say that the justice's finding was clearly erroneous. In that circumstance, the presiding justice quite properly refused to admit evidence as to the amount of attorney's fees and interest that Pine Tree would owe. The justice's caution was especially justified here, where any award of attorney's fees and interest would also have to qualify for exception from the Statute of Frauds under the main purpose rule. The cross-appeal must therefore fail. The entry is: Judgment affirmed. All concurring.