Legal Opinion

Lincoln Park Amusement Co. v. Town of Westport

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 3, 1959PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.

This is the defendant’s appeal from a final decree of the Superior Court ordering the town “to reopen and to maintain in good operating condition the culvert under Beeden Road . . . which . . . formerly served to conduct the stream constituting an outlet from the pond on the . . . [plaintiff’s] land into a . . . branch of the West-port River” or to install and so maintain in the same location as the former culvert “an adequate culvert to conduct” the stream, and enjoining the town from blocking or interfering with the flow of water through the culvert.

The case was referred to a master who…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Belkus v. City of BrocktonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  2. Fortier v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  3. Jackman v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
  4. Ryder v. Town of LexingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  5. Parker v. American Woolen Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Lummis v. LillyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  2. Van Szyman v. Town of AuburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
  3. Ullian v. CullenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975

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