Legal Opinion
Molesworth v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 14, 1964PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*48Cutter, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Commonwealth to provide blanks for subsequent signers on a petition for a referendum upon, and suspension of, St. 1963, c. 506. That statute provided for an increase in salary and expense allowances for members of the General Court. The petitioners also have asked that the Treasurer and Receiver General be restrained from making any payments under the act. The single justice ordered that the blanks be issued without prejudice, denied the prayer for a restraining order, and reserved and reported the case for the…
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