Section 1A. The fact that the plaintiff has a remedy in damages shall not bar an action for specific performance of a contract, other than one for purely personal services, if the court finds that no other existing remedy, or the damages recoverable thereby is in fact the equivalent of the performance promised by the contract relied on by the plaintiff, and the court may order specific performance if it finds such remedy to be practicable. If performance is not ordered, damages may be determined in the proceeding, and if the defendant claims a jury on that issue, the issue shall be framed and referred for jury trial.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 214 - Equity Jurisdiction
Section 1 - General Equity Jurisdiction; Original and Concurrent
Section 1a - Remedy in Damages No Bar to Suit for Specific Performance of Contract
Section 1c - Right to Freedom From Sexual Harassment
Section 2 - Statutory Jurisdiction
Section 3 - Special Jurisdiction
Section 6 - Labor Disputes; Injunctions; Issuance; Conditions Precedent; Procedural Requisites
Section 6a - Jurisdictional Labor Disputes; Temporary Injunctive Relief; Arbitration; Definition
Section 7 - Construction of Wills; Notice
Section 7b - Noise Pollution; Shooting Ranges; Exemption From Liability; Hours of Operation
Section 8 - Determination by One Justice
Section 9 - Acts and Proceedings Other Than Trials Upon the Merits
Section 10 - Cases Pending in Another County; Hearing
Section 11 - Issues of Fact to Be Tried by Jury
Section 12 - Summoning of Jury
Section 13 - Jury Issues in Superior Court
Section 14 - Continuous Sitting of Courts in Boston
Section 15 - Control of Action