Graphic Arts Finishers, Inc. v. Boston Redevelopment Authority

This case comes here on the plaintiff’s appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to its second amended declaration. G. L. c. 231, § 96. The case involves an alleged agreement by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to pay the expenses of relocating a business displaced by the Government Center Urban Renewal Project. The declaration is in two counts, the first in contract and the second in tort for deceit.

We summarize the allegations of the first count as follows. On October 25, 1961, BRA, acting under its power of eminent domain, took the buildings known as 42-52 Chardon Street and…