Legal Opinion
Codman v. Crocker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 10, 1909PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a bill brought by ten taxpayers of the city of Boston against the city, the members of the Boston Transit Commission, and one McGovern, a contractor, to obtain an injunction against the construction of a tunnel from Cambridge under a part of Boston Common to the subway station near Park Street. The suit was commenced under the R. L. c. 25, § 100. The Boston Elevated Railway Company, as an interested party, was permitted to intervene as a defendant.*
There is at least a grave question whether we have jurisdictian of the case under this statute, since the proceedings sought to be…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Field v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- In Re KollockSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Welch v. SwaseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Prince v. CrockerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- St. Joseph Township v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Federal Trade Commission v. Flotill Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. Town of HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Higginson v. Treasurer & School House CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- State Ex Rel. Richards v. MoorerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
- Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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