Central Tow Co. v. City of Boston

The plaintiff company, authorized by the

Department of Public Utilities to engage in towing and storing motor vehicles, sued the defendant city of Boston 1 for charges calculated at $46,010 incurred — so the claim asserted — for towing and storing 104 vehicles in the period from October, 1971, to July, 1972, at the alleged request of the city. 2 After a responsive pleading by the city, a judge of the Superior Court on August 26, 1974, referred the matter to a master who rendered a report favoring the plaintiff. On motion of the plaintiff to confirm and of the city to reject the report, the…