Dunn v. Board of Assessors of Sterling

The petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus ordering the board of assessors of the town of Sterling to make available for the petitioner’s examination field record cards which a private consulting firm prepared at the direction of the respondent for its use in making assessments. A judge of the Superior Court ruled that the field record cards are public records within the meaning of G. L. c. 4, § 7, Twenty-sixth, as amended through St. 1969, c. 831, § 2, and that the petitioner has the right under G. L. c. 66, § 10, as appearing in St. 1948, c. 550, § 5, to inspect and examine them. The…