Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. Commissioner of Public Health
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 15, 1959PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
These cases are brought to test the constitutionality of St. 1957, c. 298, which by § 1 inserted G. L. c. 49A. Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (the Society) and Animal Rescue League of Boston (the League), Massachusetts charitable corporations, have brought a bill in equity against the commissioner of public health (the commissioner) and three educational institutions which have applied for licenses under the statute, to enjoin the enforcement of the statute. Paul H. Rice and twenty-three other taxable inhabitants, not more than six from any one county, have…
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