Legal Opinion
Madden v. State Tax Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 28, 1956PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
This is a bill for declaratory relief under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231A brought in this court and reserved and reported by the single justice without decision for determination by the full court upon the bill, a demurrer, and an answer and case stated which are operative if the demurrer is overruled.
The bill alleges that the plaintiff was a holder of common stock in Hollingsworth & Whitney Company, a Massachusetts corporation; that by a two-thirds vote of the stockholders entitled to vote of that corporation and by a similar vote of the stockholders of Scott Paper Company, a Pennsylvania…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Helvering v. HammelSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Marr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Electro-Chemical Engraving Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- National Shawmut Bank v. MoreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Meenes v. GoldbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
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3Cited by36 opinions
- East Chop Tennis Club v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Bettigole v. Assessors of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Sydney v. Commissioner of Corporations & TaxationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Westland Housing Corp. v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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