Legal Opinion
Department of Public Utilities v. Trustees of the Properties of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 29, 1939PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.
This is a petition brought in this court by the department of public utilities, which is "under the supervision and control of a commission of five members” (G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 25; see §§ 1, 2), for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents, the trustees of the properties of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, debtor, and of the Old Colony Railroad Company, debtor, both in reorganization under § 77 of the Federal bankruptcy law, to comply with all the terms and conditions of an order dated July 28, 1938, made by said department — a copy of which is attached to the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Godfrey v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. DeisterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Selectmen of Clinton v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Attorney General v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Town of HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Attorney General v. Trustees of Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Sanford v. Boston Edison Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Parrotta v. HedersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Tranfaglia v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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