Opinions of the Justices to the House of Representatives
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following order was adopted by the House of Representatives on April 12,1892, and thereupon transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, who, on May 7, 1892, returned the opinions which are" subjoined.
1Opinion of the Court
Ordered, That the opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court be required upon the following important questions:
First. Is it within the constitutional power of the Legislature to enact a law conferring upon a city or town within this Commonwealth the power to purchase coal and wood as fuel, in excess of its ordinary requirements, for the purpose of selling such excess, so purchased, to its own citizens ?
Second. Is it within the constitutional power of the Legislature to enact a law conferring upon a city or town within this Commonwealth the power to purchase, for the purpose of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Loan Assn. v. TopekaSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Attorney General v. City of Eau ClaireWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Cole v. La GrangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Ottawa v. CareySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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3Cited by36 opinions
- White Eagle Oil & Refining Co. v. GundersonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1925
- Prince v. CrockerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Allydonn Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Byfield v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Laughlin v. City of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1914
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