Legal Opinion
Seaver v. Onset Fire District
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 23, 1933PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The defendant is a municipal quasi corporation organized under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 48, §§ 60-80, for certain limited purposes. Weymouth & Braintree Fire District v. County Commissioners, 108 Mass. 142. Prout v. Pittsfield Fire District, 154 Mass. 450, 451. President & Trustees of Williams College v. Williamstown, 219 Mass. 46. Peck’s Case, 250 Mass. 261, 266. See also Donohue v. Newburyport, 211 Mass. 561, 568; O’Donnell v. North Attleborough, 212 Mass. 243. The powers of fire districts under general laws are limited to the means of extinguishing fires, and their financial affairs are in the…
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