Legal Opinion
Conners v. City of Lowell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 14, 1923PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a suit in equity brought by twenty-two taxable inhabitants of Lowell under G. L. c. 40, § 53, to restrain an alleged illegal expenditure of money by the defendant city. The case was referred to a master, whose report has been confirmed. No evidence is reported and therefore his findings of fact must be accepted as final. The case comes before us by reservation.
The controversy arises out of the construction of a high school building on land of the defendant city.
1. The first point to be decided is whether a contract for the construction of that building was illegal. That contract was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Stewart v. FinkelstoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Simpson v. City of MarlboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Loud v. PendergastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Boston Electric Co. v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Merrill v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Sears v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Gifford v. Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Cullen v. Mayor of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Trustees of Andover Theological Seminary v. Visitors of the Theological InstitutionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- East Side Construction Co. v. Town of AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
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