SPEAR v. BOSTON


345 Mass. 744 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 519

HELEN SPEAR & others vs. CITY OF BOSTON & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 8, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Sullivan for the petitioners.

William H. Kerr for the respondents City of Boston & others.

Paul F. Amico for the respondent F.J. Cavaliere & Co., Inc.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & KIRK, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

This petition by not less than ten taxable inhabitants of Boston under G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 40, § 53, was brought originally against the city, its treasurer, its commissioner of public works, and its purchasing agent. Later the petition was twice amended, and F.J. Cavaliere & Co. Inc. (Cavaliere), a contractor, was added as a party respondent. The prayers of the amended petition are (1) to restrain the awarding of a contract for the purchase of...

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