Boston Licensing Board v. City of Boston

The defendant city of Boston (city) appeals from the entry in the Superior Court of summary judgment for the plaintiff, Boston Licensing Board (licensing board). The licensing board’s complaint requests injunctive and declaratory relief to require the city to appropriate the funds which the board determined were necessary to pay its expenses. At issue is the proper construction of the special statute which created the licensing board, St. 1906, c. 291, particularly the provisions of §§ 2 and 3, pertaining to the financing of the licensing board. There is no dispute concerning any material…