Legal Opinion
Trustees of Reservations v. Town of Stockbridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 11, 1965PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The objective of this bill in equity is to obtain a declaration that a taking by the defendant of a portion of the plaintiff’s land was illegal. The defendant demurred. The single justice reported the case on the pleadings without decision.
We summarize the averments of the bill: The Trustees of Reservations (plaintiff) 1 was incorporated under St. 1891, c. 352, as a charitable corporation “for the purpose of acquiring, holding, arranging, maintaining and opening to the public, under suitable regulations, beautiful and historical places and tracts of land within this Commonwealth.” The…
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