Legal Opinion
Thompson v. City of Chelsea
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 22, 1970PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
Seventeen taxable inhabitants of Boston bring this bill for declaratory relief and also under G. L. e. 40, § 53, against (a) the cities of Boston, Chelsea, and Revere, and the town of Winthrop; (b) Suffolk County; (c) the persons in Boston (the mayor and city council), Chelsea (the aldermen), Revere (the city council), and Winthrop (the selectmen), who serve as county commissioners of Suffolk County in their respective communities (see G. L. c. 34, § 4); and (d) the collector-treasurer of Boston and Suffolk County. A Superior Court judge sustained the demurrers of Chelsea and its aldermen, of…
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