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SPRINGFIELD v. COMMONWEALTH

349 Mass. 267 (1965)

207 N.E.2d 891

CITY OF SPRINGFIELD vs. COMMONWEALTH (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 7, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Shine, First Assistant City Solicitor, for the City of Springfield.

David Berman, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.

KIRK, J.

The city of Springfield (the city) brought these two petitions under G.L.c. 258, § 1, to recover from the Commonwealth expenses which the city allegedly incurred for support and temporary aid to certain poor persons having no lawful settlements within the Commonwealth. The amounts claimed were expended in the fiscal years ending June 30, 1960, and June 30, 1962. The city avers that the accounts were rendered to the Department of Public Welfare of the...

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