Knights v. Treasurer & Receiver General
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on July 21, 1920, for a writ of mandamus commanding Fred J. Burrell, then the Treasurer and Receiver General of the Commonwealth, "not to distribute or pay over in accordance with the provisions of” St. 1919, c. 363, “any portion of the tax for the year 1920 raised from the petitioner under the provisions of” St. 1916, c. 269, or of St. 1919, c. 324. The respondent demurred on August 24, 1920, and on August 25, 1920, the case came on to be heard before…
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Petition, filed on July 21, 1920, for a writ of mandamus commanding Fred J. Burrell, then the Treasurer and Receiver General of the Commonwealth, "not to distribute or pay over in accordance with the provisions of” St. 1919, c. 363, “any portion of the tax for the year 1920 raised from the petitioner under the provisions of” St. 1916, c. 269, or of St. 1919, c. 324. The respondent demurred on August 24, 1920, and on August 25, 1920, the case came on to be heard before Braley, J., upon the petition and the demurrer and by him was reserved for determination by the full court. When the case was…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus against the person who, at the time it was filed on July 21, 1920, held the office of Treasurer and Receiver General of the Commonwealth. In substance and effect the petition alleges that the respondent is about to, and will unless restrained by the court, pay large sums of money out of the treasury of the Commonwealth to divers cities and towns in the Commonwealth in accordance with the terms of St. 1919, c. 363, and that that statute is unconstitutional and that such payments will be in derogation of the rights of the petitioner. The case was…
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