Gallahue v. Niles

This is an action of contract to recover on a written instrument and assignment thereof the amount of a betterment assessment levied on certain real estate.

On December 14, 1926, Louville V. Niles entered into an agreement with Max E. Wyzanski and Charles E. Wyzanski whereby Niles agreed to sell and the Wyzanskis agreed to purchase certain real estate in Boston, title to pass February 1, 1927. At the time the sale was to be consummated Wyzanski brought to Niles’s attention a report of the city collector that a street betterment assessment, estimated at $645, would be levied against the estate…