Browne v. City of Boston

This is a petition under St. 1885, c. 178, § 3, and St. 1898, c. 490, by more than ten taxable inhabitants of Boston to restrain the city and its treasurer from purchasing and paying for certain parcels of land in that city on the ground that the debt limit provided by St. 1885, c. 178, § 2, will be exceeded thereby. The case was heard on the petition, answer and agreed facts and reserved for the consideration of the full court.

From-the agreed facts it appears that the city of Boston owns certain premises which are occupied and used as an insane hospital and are under the control of a board…