Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1829

Inhabitants of Ashby v. Wellington

Inhabitants of Ashby v. Wellington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 17, 1829
25 Mass. 525

Inhabitants of Ashby v. Wellington

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

That a town can assess a tax for parochial purposes, there being a second parish in the town, does not admit of a question. And this matter has not been pressed, it being ascertained to have been frequently decided, that affairs *543ot a parochial nature may be conducted by town officers, and in the usual course of municipal proceedings.

Judgment for plaintiffs.

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