Lynch v. City of Somerville

This is a petition under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 40, § 53, filed by more than ten taxable inhabitants of Somerville on February 21, 1949, to restrain the city of Somerville and its officers from carrying out a contract made by the city with the respondent Frank E. Ryan on December 30, 1948, for the collection of garbage from January 3, 1949, through January 3, 1954, and from making payments thereunder. A demurrer of the respondent Ryan was overruled, and he appealed. He filed also a plea in bar, which is discussed later in this opinion.

On April 27, 1949, the case was referred to a master “to hear…