Dowling v. Board of Assessors

This petition by ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Boston is brought under G. L. c. 40, § 53, to restrain the defendants, constituting the board of assessors of Boston, from raising money by the levy of a tax alleged to be contrary to law. The case was reserved on the petition and answer for determination by this court. The pertinent facts thus disclosed are these: At the beginning of the *482fiscal year 1929 (which is the same as the calendar year) there was in the treasury of the city of.Boston a sum in excess of $2,500,000 not appropriated, pledged, or otherwise devoted to any specific…