Attorney General v. City of Methuen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Information in the nature of a quo warranta, brought by the Attorney General “in behalf of the Commonwealth and at the relation of Charles W. Mann” and filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Essex on July 8, 1920, against the “ City of Methuen,” praying for “the advice of this court in the premises and for proper process to be issued to command the said municipal corporation of Methuen to answer by what warrant it claims to have, use and enjoy the corporate…
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Information in the nature of a quo warranta, brought by the Attorney General “in behalf of the Commonwealth and at the relation of Charles W. Mann” and filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Essex on July 8, 1920, against the “ City of Methuen,” praying for “the advice of this court in the premises and for proper process to be issued to command the said municipal corporation of Methuen to answer by what warrant it claims to have, use and enjoy the corporate powers, privileges and franchises aforesaid, and for such other relief in the premises as justice may require.” The facts…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an information in the nature of a quo warranta brought by the Attorney General “in behalf of the Commonwealth and at the relation of Charles W. Mann” against the city of Methuen seeking to have the city charter of Methuen declared void as having been enacted contrary to the requirements of art. 2 of the Amendments to the Constitution, and to have a judgment of ouster accordingly.
The question whether the Attorney General has power by. virtue of his office to bring an information in the nature of a *569quo warranta to test the validity of a city charter never before has arisen in this…
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