McHugh v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the defendant, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, the nature of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The plaintiff was hired by a person having a contract with the defendant for the construction of Lonsdale Street, a public highway duly laid out in the defendant city, and, not having been paid for his work, brings this action, relying upon St. 1892, c. 270, entitled “ An Act relating to the payment for labor performed on buildings or public works owned by cities or towns.” He seasonably filed the required certificate, and the main question is whether a claim for work done in the construction of a highway is within the first section of the statute.
The section provides that “ a person to whom…
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