Adams v. Townsend Schoolhouse Building Committee

This is a petition, by taxable inhabitants of the town of Townsend, against the members of the schoolhouse building committee of that town, under G. L. c. 40, § 53, which provides, so far as material, that if the officers or agents of a town are about to expend or raise money, or incur obligations purporting to bind the town for any purpose, or in any manner other than that for and in which the town has the legal and constitutional right and power to raise or expend money or incur obligations, on petition of not less than ten taxable inhabitants of the town, the court may, before the final…