Attorney General v. J. P. Cox Advertising Agency, Inc.

These petitions are all brought under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 93, § 31, to restrain the maintenance of certain billboards or signs in connection with certain retail stores in Boston and its vicinity. The respondents in each case are the corporation or the person by whom the sign or signs were installed and the owner or owners of the premises upon which the store is located.

All the petitions are based upon alleged violations of regulations made by the department of public works under the authority of what is now G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 93, § 29. This section directs the department to establish “rules…