Legal Opinion
City of Boston v. Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1922No. 141PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
This is a writ of error to a decree of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts sustaining a demurrer to a bill in equity against the Treasurer and Receiver General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Boston Elevated Railway Company, and the trustees who are operating the railway of that Company under a special statute ■of the Commonwealth'(Mass. Spec. Stat. 1918, c. 159),' and dismissing the bill for want of equity, the plaintiff not wishing to plead further. ■ It now comes before us on a motion by the Attorney General of Massachusetts to dismiss or affirm.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
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- City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Irwin v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- City of Boston v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Proprietors of Mount Hope Cemetery v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
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3Cited by26 opinions
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