Legal Opinion
Town of Southbridge v. Southbridge Water Supply Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 15, 1976PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
In this case the plaintiff town of South-bridge (town) seeks declaratory relief pursuant to G. L. c. 231A relating to its right under St. 1880, c. 73, § 7, “to purchase the corporate property and all the rights and privileges of ...” the defendant Southbridge Water Supply Company (company) “at the actual cost of the same, or if mutually agreed upon ... at a less price ...” (emphasis supplied). The town alleges that there is an actual controversy between the parties over the meaning of the term “actual cost” in St. 1880, c. 73, § 7, and requests relief principally in the nature of a decree…
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