NEW BEDFORD v. LLOYD INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.


363 Mass. 112 (1973)

292 N.E.2d 688

CITY OF NEW BEDFORD vs. LLOYD INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.; FRANCIS J. LAWLER & others, third-party defendants.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

February 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barney Papkin, Assistant City Solicitor, for the City of New Bedford.

Stephen A. Hopkins for Lloyd Investment Associates, Inc.

Present: TAURO, C.J., BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

The plaintiff city of New Bedford appeals from an order granting a motion by the defendant Lloyd Investment Associates, Inc., under G.L.c. 231, § 59, for judgment on undisputed facts. The ground of the motion and judgment was that the action was barred by G.L.c. 260, § 2, as appearing in St. 1948, c. 274, § 1, the six-year statute of limitations applicable to "Actions of contract," as defined.

The plaintiff city's declaration, in...

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