BOSTON EDISON CO. v. BOSTON


390 Mass. 772 (1984)

459 N.E.2d 1231

BOSTON EDISON COMPANY vs. CITY OF BOSTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlene S. LaPenta, Assistant Corporation Counsel (Jo-Ann M. Marzullo with her) for the defendant.

William G. Meserve (John A. Walsh, Jr., with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, & LYNCH, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

This case raises the issue whether the city of Boston, a municipal consumer of electric power, may be charged interest when it fails to pay its bills on time. A judge in the Superior Court found that the city was liable for interest, but only on bills that came due after June 27, 1977, the effective date of St. 1977, c. 328, amending G.L.c. 164, § 94D. He therefore allowed partial summary judgment in favor...

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