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Selectmen of Topsfield v. Department of Public Utilities

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 31, 1929PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.

These cases were heard by single justices of this court, and were reserved respectively for the determination of the full court. Before the full court they were argued together.

The second case is a petition for a writ of certiorari under G. L. c. 249, § 4, and G. L. c. 211, § 3, against the selectmen of the town of Wenham, whereby the heirs at law and the administrator of the estate of Mary L. Towne, deceased, seek to have quashed an order of said selectmen purporting to grant to the Eastern Massachusetts Electric Company, hereinafter called the Company, permission to construct and use…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Burgess v. Mayor of BrocktonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  2. Pierce v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
  3. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Boston Terminal Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  4. General Baking Co. v. Street CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  5. Lancy v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Barnes v. PeckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  2. Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  3. Town of Sudbury v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  4. New England Power Co. v. Board of SelectmenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  5. Cities Service Oil Co. v. Board of Appeals of BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959

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