Boss v. Sprague

This is an appeal from a decree entered in the Superior Court restraining the respondent from causing to be posted in the town of Richmond, and from certifying to the town clerk of said town, any list of candidates on the “Citizens Ticket” for senator and representative in the General Assembly from said town of Richmond and from placing on the official ballot the name of any person as a candidate on said ticket for the offices of senator- and representative from said town.

The jurisdiction of the Superior Court in the premises is challenged on the ground that the subject matter of the suit is…