Sprague v. Minon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity by tbe members of the metropolitan water and sewerage board to enforce certain rules and regulations of the board with regard to the use of Lake Cochituate, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk on July 27, 1906. There was a hearing before Morton, J. It appeared that the State board of health had adopted a regulation that “no persons other than a member of the said Metropolitan Water Board, its officers, agents or employ és, or public…
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Bill in equity by tbe members of the metropolitan water and sewerage board to enforce certain rules and regulations of the board with regard to the use of Lake Cochituate, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk on July 27, 1906. There was a hearing before Morton, J. It appeared that the State board of health had adopted a regulation that “no persons other than a member of the said Metropolitan Water Board, its officers, agents or employ és, or public officers whose duties may so require, shall, unless so permitted by regulation or permit of the said board, enter or go,…
1Opinion of the CourtKNowlton, C. J.
This is a bill for the enforcement of an order of the metropolitan water and sewerage board in regard to boating on Lake Cochituate. There is no dispute that the defendant has frequently violated the order, and is persisting in his violation, claiming a right so to do.
This lake is a great pond, and its waters have been taken and appropriated for domestic use by the inhabitants of the metropolitan water district. The plaintiffs are the metropolitan water and sewerage board, appointed under the St. 1895, c. 488, and the amendments thereto. By § 8 of this act the board is required to construct,…
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