59 N.E. 71 JOHN H. CONNORS others vs. EMERSON STONE others. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Suffolk.November 13, 1900. January 4, 1901. Present: HOLMES, C.J., KNOWLTON, BARKER, HAMMOND, LORING, JJ. St. 1899, c. 214, § 1, provided: “The county commissioners of the county of Worcester are hereby authorized to expend a sum not exceeding seventy […]