Attorney General v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two APPLICATIONS for a writ of mandamus to the city of Boston and to the board of directors for the East Boston ferries ; the "first by information of the attorney general, and the second by petition of ten citizens and taxpayers of Boston, and each containing the following allegations : That by the St. of 1869, o. 155, “ the city council of the city of Boston was authorized to purchase the boats, franchise and other property of the East Boston Ferry Company, a corporation…
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Two APPLICATIONS for a writ of mandamus to the city of Boston and to the board of directors for the East Boston ferries ; the "first by information of the attorney general, and the second by petition of ten citizens and taxpayers of Boston, and each containing the following allegations : That by the St. of 1869, o. 155, “ the city council of the city of Boston was authorized to purchase the boats, franchise and other property of the East Boston Ferry Company, a corporation maintaining and operating a steam ferry between Boston proper and East Boston, at such price as might be agreed upon, and…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
These are applications for a writ of mandamus to compel the city of Boston (which in 1870 purchased and now holds the franchise and property of the East Boston Ferry Company) and the board of directors for the East Boston ferries (to which, the city council has committed the general care and man*465agement of the ferries) to continue to collect the tolls established by the board of aldermen upon those ferries. The respondents have filed general demurrers, thereby admitting all the facts alleged ; and the prayer for a writ of mandamus to the board of directors having been waived at the argument,…
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