Legal Opinion
Inhabitants of County of Berkshire v. Cande
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 14, 1915PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an action to recover naturalization fees which have come into the hands of the defendant as clerk of courts of the county of Berkshire under the Act of Congress of June 29, 1906, 34 U. S. Sts. at Large, c. 3592.
The same point is presented as arose in County of Hampden v. Morris, 207 Mass. 167. It there was held that by the terms of St. 1908, c. 253, all the fees received by the clerks for naturalization must be turned over to the county treasurer, except certain sums expended for clerical assistance, and that the statute was “in conflict with the federal law, and . . . must yield to…
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