Flood v. Hodges
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on September 4, 1918, by the mayor and more than ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Taunton under R. L. c. 25, § 100, to restrain the city auditor from approving and the city treasurer from paying to employees of the fire department and of the police department an increased compensation which purported to be authorized by certain orders and ordinances of that city passed by the city council without the approval of the…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on September 4, 1918, by the mayor and more than ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Taunton under R. L. c. 25, § 100, to restrain the city auditor from approving and the city treasurer from paying to employees of the fire department and of the police department an increased compensation which purported to be authorized by certain orders and ordinances of that city passed by the city council without the approval of the mayor and alleged to be void. The case was heard by Carroll, J. The facts that appeared in evidence are stated in the…
1Opinion of the CourtRttgg, C. J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the mayor and more than ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Taunton to restrain the city auditor and the city treasurer from paying certain increases in the compensation of firemen and policemen. The main question is whether an order for such increases, with appropriations therefor and ordinances to the same effect, all adopted by the city council without the approval of the mayor, are binding on the city. The. answer depends on the meaning of § 20 of St. 1913, c. 719, commonly called the municipal indebtedness 'act.
The powers of municipal government in…
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