Prince v. Crocker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed originally on April 22, 1895, and, as finally amended, on October 11,1895, by eighteen inhabitants of and taxpayers in the city of Boston, against George G. Crocker, Charles H. Dalton, Thomas J. Gargan, George F. Swain, and Albert C. Barrage, members of the Boston Transit Commission, alleging that on July 1,1894, the act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Boston Elevated Railway Company, and to promote rapid transit in the city of Boston and vicinity,”…
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Bill in equity, filed originally on April 22, 1895, and, as finally amended, on October 11,1895, by eighteen inhabitants of and taxpayers in the city of Boston, against George G. Crocker, Charles H. Dalton, Thomas J. Gargan, George F. Swain, and Albert C. Barrage, members of the Boston Transit Commission, alleging that on July 1,1894, the act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Boston Elevated Railway Company, and to promote rapid transit in the city of Boston and vicinity,” being chapter 548 of the acts of that year, was passed,* and was approved on the following day; that the statute, if…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The general complaint of the plaintiffs, as stated in their bill, is, that if the Transit Commissioners are permitted to proceed in the execution of the enterprise committed to them by St. 1894, c. 548, they will involve the city of Boston in an indebtedness or liability of many millions of dollars beyond the .limit of indebtedness prescribed by the laws of the Commonwealth, and will do this without the authority of the city council or the consent of the taxpaying citizens; and also that this statute would have the effect to deprive the city of many rights and privileges belonging to its…
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