Legal Opinion
Pirrone v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 17, 1973PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The plaintiffs appeal from an interlocutory decree sustaining the defendants’ demurrer and from a final decree dismissing their bill.
The plaintiffs are eleven taxable inhabitants of the city of Boston. Pursuant to G. L. c. 71, § 34, as appearing in St. 1939, c. 294, 1 they sought in the Superior Court a determination that the annual budget appropriations of the city of Boston for the fiscal years 1970 and 1971 did not include the amounts “necessary . . . for the support of . . . [Boston’s] public schools.” Central to the reasons for the demurrer is the argument that school expenditures in…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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