Continental Construction Co. v. City of Lawrence

The plaintiff seeks to recover for the use of trucks and tractors in plowing and hauling snow on and from the streets of the _ city as ordered by the alderman who, in accordance with the city charter, had been chosen director of the department of engineering. St. 1911, c. 621, Part II, § 41.

*514All the work was done and the charges therefor were incurred in the month of February, 1935, before the regular appropriations had been made for that fiscal year. No special appropriation was made to cover these items, and during that month the city incurred liabilities for similar purposes greatly in…