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· 5/19/1911

City of Newburyport v. Davis

Citations

  • 209 Mass. 126
  • 95 N.E. 110
  • 1911 Mass. LEXIS 914

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an adjournment prevents the return of a bill, and observing that “[d]elivery to an officer of the house involves not only a serious constitutional question, but, as a practical matter, presents serious difficulties” such as the lack of public notice
  • holding that an adjournment prevents the return of a bill, and observing that “[djelivery to an officer of the house involves not only a serious constitutional question, but, as a practical matter, presents serious difficulties” such as the lack of public notice
  • construing Delaware’s veto return and adjournment provision, and opining: “Of course, when the Constitution speaks of an adjournment by ‘the General Assembly,’ it necessarily means an adjournment of the originating house”
  • construing' Delaware’s veto return and adjournment provision, and opining; “Of course, when the Constitution speaks of an adjournment by ‘the General Assembly,’ it necessarily means an adjournment of the originating house”
  • “Of course, when the Constitution speaks of an adjournment by ‘the General Assembly’, it necessarily means an adjournment of the originating house.”
  • “Of course, when the Constitution speaks of an adjournment by ‘the General Assembly', it necessarily means an adjournment of the originating house.”

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Judges: Rugg

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