Legal Opinion
Alves v. Town of Braintree
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 3, 1960PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
On March 16, 1959, a final decree was entered in the Superior Court in a suit by ten or more taxpayers establishing under GJ-. L. c. 71, § 34 (as amended through St. 1939, c. 294), that the deficiency in the amount necessary for the support of the public schools in the town of Braintree for the year 1958 was $20,550, and ordering the town, its treasurer, selectmen, and assessors to provide that sum by borrowing, as provided in § 34, to meet the deficiency, together 'with the further sum of $5,137.50, representing twenty-five per cent of the amount of the deficiency, to be held by the town “as…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Penfield Co. v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Emery's caseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Commonwealth v. Town of HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Labor Relations Commission v. Fall River Educators Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Nickerson v. DowdMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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