Troland v. City of Malden

This petition is brought under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 71, § 34, as appearing in St. 1939, c. 294, by more than ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Malden to determine the amount of an alleged deficiency in the appropriation by the city for the support of its public schools for the year 1951; to obtain an order commanding the city and its officers, whose action may be necessary, to provide a sum of money equal to such deficiency together with a sum equal to twenty-five per cent thereof; and for a declaration under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231 A, § 6, inserted by St. 1945, c. 582, § 1, that a…