Ayer v. Commissioner of Administration

The petitioners are thirty taxable inhabitants of the Commonwealth, no more than six of whom are from any one county. The respondents are the Commissioner of Administration, the Treasurer and Receiver General, Massachusetts State Office Building Association (a corporation created by St. 1958, c. 603), and the three members and directors of the Association. This petition is brought pursuant to G. L. c. 29, § 63, inserted by St. 1937, c. 157, 1 to prevent the commissioner and the Treasurer and Receiver General from expending money and incurring certain obligations. Declaratory relief is also…