Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Port Authority v. Clerk of the East Boston District Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 4, 1966PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
This petition for a writ of mandamus by Massachusetts Port Authority, “a body politic and corporate” created by St. 1956, c. 465, § 2, is brought against the clerk of the East Boston District Court (G. L. c. 218, §§ 1, 8) to obtain an order that the latter pay over fines in his possession collected for illegal parking at Logan International Airport. The city of Boston intervened as party respondent having the real adverse interest, and filed an answer seeking declaratory relief. G. L. c. 231A, § 6. The respondent clerk’s answer sets up that he is merely a stakeholder. The petition came before…
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