Brown v. City Council of Cambridge

The plaintiffs are more than ten taxpayers of the city of Cambridge. The defendants are the members of the city council and of the election commission of Cambridge. The suit was brought under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 40, § 53, to restrain the defendants from expending any money or incurring any obligation in connection with a special election, from submitting a question to the voters at a special election, and for other relief.

Succinctly stated, the controversy arose from these facts: In March, 1934, the school committee of Cambridge adopted a budget for the financial year 1934 amounting to…