Legal Opinion
Commissioners of Woburn Cemetery v. Treasurer of Woburn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 16, 1946PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This is a petition by the board of commissioners of Woburn Cemetery for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to “separate the funds of your petitioners from other funds in his custody or possession as treasurer of the city of Woburn,” and to order him to pay from the funds of the petitioners the sum of $1,400 to one Akeson for work done by him in laying out lots in the said cemetery in accordance with a contract between him and the said board. The petitioners appealed from a judgment dismissing the petition.
The town of Woburn purchased in 1845 a parcel of land which, together with…
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