Gregory's Book Store, Inc. v. Providence Public Library

This is a bill in equity brought by citizens, who are taxpayers engaged in the rental of books, against the Providence Public Library, the State Treasurer and Auditor, and the State Board of Education to enjoin the payment to said library of any money of the State under, the provisions of Section 9, Chapter 65 of the General Laws of 1923. The case is before us on the complainants’ appeal from a decree of the Superior Court dismissing the bill.

Said section provides that the State Board of Education may cause to be paid annually to and for the use of each free public library in the State a sum,…