Legal Opinion
Bradston Associates, LLC v. Suffolk County Sheriff's Department
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 26, 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
On further appellate review, we must decide whether the failure of the auditor of the city of Boston to certify that an adequate appropriation was available to fund a lease contract entered into between Bradston Associates, LLC (Bradston), and the sheriff of Suffolk County, which was in all other respects properly executed and funded, is a sufficient ground on which *276to invalidate the contract. We conclude that it is not and set aside summary judgment that was entered for the sheriff.
Facts. From the summary judgment record, we glean the following undisputed facts. On August 13, 2001, after a…
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