THOMPSON v. CHELSEA


358 Mass. 1 (1970)

260 N.E.2d 699

JOHN LARKIN THOMPSON & others vs. CITY OF CHELSEA & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gael Mahony (Joseph D. Steinfield & Daniel A. Taylor with him) for the plaintiffs.

Joseph M. Harvey, Town Counsel, for the Town of Winthrop (Ralph F. Martino, City Solicitor, for the City of Revere, with him).

Morris Karll, City Solicitor, for the City of Chelsea, joined in a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., CUTTER, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & QUIRICO, JJ.


CUTTER, J.

Seventeen taxable inhabitants of Boston bring this bill for declaratory relief and also under G.L.c. 40, § 53, against (a) the cities of Boston, Chelsea, and Revere, and the town of Winthrop; (b) Suffolk County; (c) the persons in Boston (the mayor and city council), Chelsea (the aldermen), Revere (the city council), and Winthrop (the selectmen), who serve as county commissioners of Suffolk County in their respective communities (see G.L.c. 34, §...

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