Mears v. Boston & New York Central Railroad

71 Mass. 371
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court·Decided October 15, 1855·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

By the Court.

No other parties than the selectmen of Dorchester are now before the court as plaintiffs; and if any persons, as citizens of the Commonwealth, or inhabitants of the town, could lawfully intervene in this suit, they can commence a new one, if the cause exists, and have the same remedy, as they might in this. The selectmen, as the only present plaintiffs, have a right to discontinue their suit.

Bill dismissed, without costs,,

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