Osborne
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to a justice of this court, filed June 29, 1885, under the St. of 1883, e. 195, to compel one George A. Wilson to appear and testify before a special committee of the Common Council of the city of Boston. The case was heard by TP. Allen, J., and reserved for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Morton, O. J.
It appears, by public events of which the court may take judicial notice, and by admissions of the counsel at the bar, that, since this case was commenced, such changes have taken place in the state of things that the principal questions argued have become little more than mere moot questions, which have no practical bearing upon the decision of the case.
The petition is brought under the St. of 1883, e. 195, by the chairman of a special committee of the Common Council of Boston for the year 1885. This committee was appointed under an order of the Common Council, passed June 4,…
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