Legal Opinion
Twombly v. Billerica
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 6, 1928PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a suit in equity brought under G. L. c. 40, § 53, by taxable inhabitants of the town of Billerica to enjoin the payment of money from the treasury of that town upon a contract alleged to be illegal. The case was sent to a master. A decree was entered in the Superior Court dismissing the bill. The plaintiffs appealed. When the case came on to be argued at the bar of this court, the defendants offered for filing an amendment to their answer setting up that, subsequently to the hearing before the master, the contract had been ratified.by the town at a legal town meeting by vote passed…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hanscom v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Hawks v. Inhabitants of CharlemontMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Day v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Simpson v. City of MarlboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Boston Electric Co. v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Dealtry v. Selectmen of WatertownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Ryder v. Town of LexingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- New England Foundation Co. v. Elliott & Watrous, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Baker v. AllenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Dyer v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
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