CITY COUNCIL OF BOSTON v. BOSTON


386 Mass. 171 (1982)

434 N.E.2d 1250

CITY COUNCIL OF BOSTON & another vs. CITY OF BOSTON & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Carroll, Corporation Counsel, for the defendants.

Eric W. Wodlinger for the plaintiffs.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

This is a ten-taxpayer action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought by those who were at the time the nine city councillors of Boston, in their official capacities and individually, together with a tenth resident of Boston. See G.L.c. 214, § 1; G.L.c. 231A, § 1; and G.L.c. 40, § 53. The plaintiffs allege that certain transactions between city departments constitute transfers of appropriations in violation of a provision of the city...

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