Legal Question in Consumer Law in Massachusetts

Oil Delivery

We moved into our house under a year ago and shopped around and established a relationship with a local oil company. The former owners oil company has since come on one occasion and topped off our tank with 30 gallons after we have already done business with another company. They then gave us a bill a few weeks later. The bill clearly states that there was to be a stop delivery at this location, but still they topped off the tank. We have never contacted this company in any way, are we obligated to pay the bill? Since the amount was so small and didn't register on the oil guage we have no proof that oil was even delivered. Seems lie they are trying to force us to do business with them, at a higher rate per gallon then we currently get.


Asked on 1/24/08, 7:27 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Craig J. Tiedemann Kajko, Weisman & Colasanti, LLP

Re: Oil Delivery

Check the closing documents to see if the seller's oil contract/warranty was assigned to you as buyer as part of the closing. If not, you may not have an obligation to pay, but that depends on all of the surrounding facts and circumstances.

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Answered on 1/24/08, 7:59 pm


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