Wright v. Walcott
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on January 5, 1920, by ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Cambridge, seeking to enjoin the defendants, members of the Industrial Commission of the City of Cambridge appointed by the mayor under St. 1913, c. 393, § 2, from leasing or attempting to lease park land on the Charles River called “ The Front.”
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on January 5, 1920, by ten taxable inhabitants of the city of Cambridge, seeking to enjoin the defendants, members of the Industrial Commission of the City of Cambridge appointed by the mayor under St. 1913, c. 393, § 2, from leasing or attempting to lease park land on the Charles River called “ The Front.” The suit came on to be heard before Jenney, J., upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts, which are described in the. opinion, and was reserved for determination by the full court.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a bill in equity by ten taxpayers under R. L. c. 25, § 100, now G. L. c. 40, § 53, to restrain conduct of the Industrial Commission of Cambridge alleged to commit that city to obligations unauthorized by law.
The pertinent facts are: The city of Cambridge was authorized by St. 1892, c. 341, and St. 1893, c. 337, to acquire land for public parks. Under that power and pursuant to a general plan for the development of a parkway and riverside reservation along the Cambridge bank of the Charles River, the city took by eminent domain and purchase about one hundred and thirteen and six tenths…
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