Legal Opinion
Evans v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 24, 1940PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to restrain the respondent from submitting to the people at the coming State election by referendum under art. 48 of the Amendments to the Constitution, (The Referendum, Part III), the question of approval of St. 1939, c. 454. The case was presented to a single justice upon petition and answer (Lowry v. Commissioner of Agriculture, 302 Mass. 111; Dolan v. Commonwealth, 304 Mass. 325; Graham v. Special Commissioners of Suffolk County, ante, 237), and was by him reported to the full court.
1. The statute in question, St. 1939, c. 454, imposed taxes upon…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Horton v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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- Dolan v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by15 opinions
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