Lynn Redevelopment Authority v. City of Lynn

This is an action of contract brought by the Lynn Redevelopment Authority (authority) against the city of Lynn alleging a breach of an express contract by the city and seeking damages in the sum of $3,940,931. The defendant answered by way of general denial and that the contract was in violation of G. L. c. 44, § 31, as amended through St. 1955, c. 259, in that “at the time of entering into the alleged contract no appropriation had been made for the payment of the obligation incurred.” Both parties waived trial by jury and the case comes to us on report by a Superior Court judge. Alice Linda…