Moulton v. Beals

R. L., c. 57, s. 3, as amended, provides that selectmen “shall warn” a. special meeting upon application of a specified number of voters, and section 8 provides that a Justice of the Superior Court upon application of the voters, may issue a warrant for such meeting “if the selectmen unreasonably neglect or refuse to warn.” By the decree and order providing for the special meeting, the Presiding Justice impliedly found that the refusal of the selectmen to call the meeting was unreasonable. The defendants’ exceptions to the decree and order raise the question of whether the Court was warranted…