Legal Opinion
Dowd v. Town of Dover
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 30, 1956PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This petition by not less than ten taxable inhabitants of Dover under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 40, § 53, seeks (1) to enjoin the respondent school committee from abolishing teachers’ positions and from contracting with the town of Needham to send Dover High School students to Needham on a tuition basis; and (2) to enjoin the respondent town from raising or expending money or incurring obligations to pay such tuition. From a final decree dismissing the petition, the petitioners appealed. The judge made a report of the material facts found by him. The evidence is reported.
The town of Dover formerly…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Leonard v. School Committee of the City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Davis v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- School Committee v. City of GloucesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Jantzen v. School Committee of ChelmsfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- McDevitt v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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3Cited by7 opinions
- School Committee of Springfield v. Board of EducationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- School Committee of Danvers v. TymanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Moore v. School Committee of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Town of Alford v. Southern Berkshire Regional School DistrictMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1974
- Devlin v. School Committee of City of ChelseaMassachusetts Superior Court · 1994
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