Hill v. Moors

This is a suit in equity brought by the plaintiffs as trustees of the Salem Rebuilding Trust against certain persons described as members of the Salem Fire Relief Committee and the Attorney General of the Commonwealth.

The matters to which this proceeding relates arise on account of the great fire in Salem, which occurred in June, 1914. Immediately after the fire, committees were organized and large sums of money were promptly raised by voluntary subscription from a large number of people for the relief of the sufferers. The Legislature of the Commonwéalth appropriated $100,000 for the same…