Colabufalo v. Public Buildings Commissioner of Newton

The petitioner has appealed from an order dismissing his petition to adjudge in contempt the respondents DiCarlo Bros., Inc., and Lasell Realty Company (hereinafter called the respondents) on the ground that the question raised by the petition bad become moot. The respondents present by bill of exceptions the contention that their motion to dismiss the petitioner’s appeal was erroneously denied.

The contempt petition was ancillary to and was filed and docketed in the mandamus proceedings brought by the petitioner in 1953 which resulted in our decision reported as Colabufalo v. Public Buildings…