Opinion

Inhabitants of Gloucester v. County Commissioners

  • 116 Mass. 579
  • 1875 Mass. LEXIS 46
Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Filed
Jan 29, 1875
Status
Published
Author
Gray
On the bench
Gray
Cited by
10 cases
Authority
More cited than 97.7%

The opinion

Gray, C. J.

The board of county commissioners has the same power as any court to amend its records according to the truth, upon such evidence, documentary or oral, or recollections of any of its present members who took part in the original decision, as the board in its discretion may deem sufficient. Balch v. Shaw, 7 Cush. 282 . Ellis v. County Commissioners, 2 Gray, 370 . Andover v. County Commissioners, 5 Gray, 393 . Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County Commissioners , 112 Mass.

Petition dismissed.

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