Legal Opinion
Jacobson v. Parks & Recreation Commission of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 1, 1963PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by twelve taxpayers of the city of Boston under G. L. c. 214, § 3 (11), against the city’s parks and recreation commission (hereinafter parks department) and, by amendment, the city, in order (quoting the words of the statute) “to enforce the purpose . . . of . . . [the] gift or conveyance” to the city of land in its Brighton district included within the Chestnut Hill Reservoir grounds, for the “specific purpose . . . in trust or otherwise” of a park. The Attorney General intervened as a party plaintiff under the express authorization of § 3 (11) which…
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