Legal Opinion
Town of Winthrop v. Winthrop Housing Authority
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 2, 1989No. 88-P-222PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
Acting pursuant to G. L. c. 83, § 16, as amended by St. 1961, c. 311, 2 the board of selectmen of the town of Winthrop (town), acting as the board of sewer commissioners (board), established annual charges for the use of the town’s common sewer system. Those charges were assessed against property owners who connected a particular sewer. 3 The Win throp Housing Authority (authority) operates five multi-unit housing projects in the town and connects each to the common sewers. The authority has refused to pay the town’s charges, claiming that they constitute a tax or special assessment from…
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