Paris Paper Box Co. v. City of Boston

1. The action was properly dismissed under the provisions of Mass.R.Civ.P. 56(b), 365 Mass. 824 (1974). a. If the effort was to recover money damages from the city of Boston (city) for breach of the (admittedly) oral contract alleged in the complaint, the action was barred by the provisions of St. 1890, c. 418, § 6, as amended through St. 1955, c. 60, § 1. See Wheaton Bldg. & Lumber Co. v. Boston, 204 Mass. 218, 222 (1910); Morse v. Boston, 253 Mass. 247, 251-252 (1925), S.C., 260 Mass. 255 (1927); Adalian Bros. v. Boston, 323 Mass. 629, 631-632 (1949); Singarella v. Boston, 342 Mass. 385,…