Sprague v. Dorr
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed December 4, 1902, and amended June 10,1908, by the members of the metropolitan water and sewerage board, under St. 1895, c. 488, § 28, to restrain the defendant from polluting the waters of the Quinepoxet River in the town of Holden, as stated in the opinion.
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Bill in equity, filed December 4, 1902, and amended June 10,1908, by the members of the metropolitan water and sewerage board, under St. 1895, c. 488, § 28, to restrain the defendant from polluting the waters of the Quinepoxet River in the town of Holden, as stated in the opinion. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Hardy, J., who ruled, as matter of law, that the plaintiffs were entitled to the relief sought, and ordered that an injunction should issue as prayed for in the amended bill. At the request of the parties, he reported the questions raised for determination by this court,…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the members of the metropolitan water board to obtain an injunction against the discharge by the defendant of human excrement *11and the contents of water closets and privies into Quinepoxet River, a stream flowing through the defendant’s premises in the town of Holden, and forming one of the tributaries of the south branch of the Nashua River, a source of water supply for the cities, towns and water companies named in St. 1895, c. 488. The bill is brought under §§ 27 and 28 of this statute, to enforce rules and regulations made by the State board of health…
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