Opinion · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth v. Murphy
147 Mass. 577
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Date
- 1888-11-08
- Topic
- general
By the Court. The provision of c. 100, § 18, of the Public Statutes, that “the mayor and aldermen of cities and the selectmen of towns shall prosecute to final judgment all violations of this section,” was intended to impose a duty upon the officers named. It is directory only, and does not exclude the right of any other citizen to enter complaints for a violation of the law. Fxeeptions overruled.
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The provision of c. 100, § 18, of the Public Statutes, that “the mayor and aldermen of cities and the selectmen of towns shall prosecute to final judgment all violations of this section,” was intended to impose a duty upon the officers named. It is directory only, and does not exclude the right of any other citizen to enter complaints for a violation of the law.
Fxeeptions overruled.