Jackson v. Board of Registrars of Voters

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Jackson v. Board of Registrars of Voters

230 N.E.2d 921, 353 Mass. 747, 1967 Mass. LEXIS 986

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedNovember 3, 1967

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

This text of 230 N.E.2d 921 (Jackson v. Board of Registrars of Voters) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Jackson v. Board of Registrars of Voters, 230 N.E.2d 921, 353 Mass. 747, 1967 Mass. LEXIS 986 (Mass. 1967).

Pincite

Opinion

The petitioners appeal from an order for judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent board inter alla to certify an alleged referendum petition. The alleged referendum petition, filed with the city clerk on September 13, 1966, was directed to an order passed by the city council on August 15, 1966. Assuming that what was filed by the petitioners with the respondent city clerk qualified as a referendum petition, it was not filed within twenty days following the passage of the protested measure. See G. L. c. 43, § 42. The [748]*748petition was not in terms directed to a later order passed by the city council on August 24, 1966, the subject matter of which was distinct from that of the earlier order.

J. Fleet Cowden for the petitioners. Fred L. Williams (Fred B. Williams & Richard S. Temple, City Solicitor, with him) for the respondents. William J. Kittredge, for the County Commissioners of Middlesex, submitted a brief.

Order for judgment affirmed.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The petitioners appeal from an order for judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent board inter alla to certify an alleged referendum petition. The alleged referendum petition, filed with the city clerk on September 13, 1966, was directed to an order passed by the city council on August 15, 1966. Assuming that what was filed by the petitioners with the respondent city clerk qualified as a referendum petition, it was not filed within twenty days following the passage of the protested measure. See G. L. c. 43, § 42. The [748]*748petition was not in terms directed to a later order passed by the city council on August 24, 1966, the subject matter of which was distinct from that of the earlier order.

J. Fleet Cowden for the petitioners. Fred L. Williams (Fred B. Williams & Richard S. Temple, City Solicitor, with him) for the respondents. William J. Kittredge, for the County Commissioners of Middlesex, submitted a brief.

Order for judgment affirmed.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

230 N.E.2d 921, 353 Mass. 747, 1967 Mass. LEXIS 986, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/jackson-v-board-of-registrars-of-voters-mass-1967.

Opinion

Related

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack