Lucia v. Water & Sewer Commissioners

This is a report as to the correctness of his ruling made by a judge of the Superior Court in sustaining a demurrer to a petition for a writ of certiorari brought by thirteen residents and taxpayers of Medford against the water and sewer commissioners of said city and against the city manager of said city seeking to quash the water rates alleged to have been established by the city manager.

The petition alleges that the city is a member of the metropolitan water district in accordance with G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 92, § 10, as appearing in St. 1945, c. 587, § 1, as amended, that the respondent…