Veronica Hyman v. Clyde Lewis

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• holding that a court should \not - 11 - decree a reformation unless [it is] convinced that the parties expressed agreement and an intention to be bound in accordance with the terms that [it is] asked to establish and enforce\
• holding Cambridge city manager lacked authority to execute deed
• “ [W] e will not enforce a contract the terms of which were never assented to by the city.”
• justification for this rule is that requirements are matter of public record
• “[t]hose who contract with the officers or agents of a governmental agency must, at their peril, ‘see to it that those officers or agents are acting within the scope of their authority’ ”
• “this court will not decree a reformation unless we are convinced that the parties expressed agreement and an intention to be bound in accordance with the terms that we are asked to establish and enforce” [emphasis supplied]

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