Legal Opinion
Hill v. Trustees of Glenwood Cemetery
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 4, 1948PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
These appeals, prosecuted by Charles E. Hill, are from a final decree dismissing his bill in equity and from a judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of mandamus entered after demurrers filed by the defendants had been sustained. The defendants named in each proceeding are the five trustees of the Glenwood Cemetery (hereinafter called the trustees), and the mayor, the treasurer, and the auditor of the city of Everett.1
The allegations of the bill in equity may be summarized as follows: In 1935 the plaintiff was appointed superintendent of the Glenwood Cemetery (a municipal cemetery of the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Long v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Coe v. CoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Commonwealth v. DiStasioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Peckham v. Mayor of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Daley v. District Court of Western HampdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Boston Edison Co. v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. GardnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Gifford v. Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Meskell v. MeskellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Kilroy v. O'ConnorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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