Waters v. Bonvouloir
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition in equity, filed June 8,1898, by ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Holyoke, to restrain the city treasurer from the payment from the city treasury of any money called for by the following order of the board of aldermen, passed on June 7, 1898: “ Ordered that a committee of five, including the president of the board of aldermen, be authorized to attend the Convention of American Municipalities at Detroit, said committee to be appointed by the president, and the…
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Petition in equity, filed June 8,1898, by ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Holyoke, to restrain the city treasurer from the payment from the city treasury of any money called for by the following order of the board of aldermen, passed on June 7, 1898: “ Ordered that a committee of five, including the president of the board of aldermen, be authorized to attend the Convention of American Municipalities at Detroit, said committee to be appointed by the president, and the expense to be paid from the contingent account. Voted to include the mayor on the above committee.” Hearing before…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
This is a petition brought under Pub. Sts. c. 27, § 129, by ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Holyoke to restrain the defendant as city treasurer from paying money out *287of the treasury of the city in accordance with an appropriation of five hundred dollars, made on the recommendation of the mayor by the board of aldermen, by a vote of 16 yeas to 5 nays. The appropriation was from the contingent fund to defray the expenses of a committee consisting of the mayor and four aider-men in attending a convention of American Municipalities at Detroit, Michigan, where subjects pertaining to the…
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