Inhabitants of Milton v. Auditor of the Commonwealth

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus by the town of Milton against the auditor of the Commonwealth and the commissioner of conservation and State forester. Salient facts are that the petitioner is a town in which one twenty-fifth of one per cent of the valuation of its real and personal property is more than $5,000; and that during the year ending November 30, 1920, it expended within its limits more than $5,000 in suppressing gypsy or brown tail moths on lands other than those under the control of the Commonwealth or in private ownership, save as otherwise provided in G. L. c. 132; and…