Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of Representatives
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 28, 1937PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*585To The Honorable the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit these answers to the questions in an order adopted on May 20, 1937, and transmitted to them on May 24, 1937, copy whereof is hereto annexed. These questions relate to an “initiative petition for an amendment to the Constitution providing for a tax limitation on real estate.” It provides that “No taxes on real estate shall in any year be levied, assessed or collected in an amount greater than two and one-half per cent of the fair cash…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hill v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Louisiana v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Mobile v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Thompson v. Auditor GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1933
- Brooks v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Bowe v. Secretary of CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Sears v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Commonwealth v. Town of HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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