Legal Opinion
ROBERT D. FRATUS, JR. v. TOWN OF HARWICH & others.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 13, 2021PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRATUS vs. HARWICH, 100 Mass. App. Ct. 27
ROBERT D. FRATUS, JR. vs. TOWN OF HARWICH & others. [Note 1]
100 Mass. App. Ct. 27
April 5, 2021 - July 13, 2021
Court Below: Superior Court, Barnstable County
Present: Meade, Wolohojian, & Massing, JJ.
Subdivision Control, Access ways. Way, Public: subdivision control. Statute, Construction. Mandamus. Practice, Civil, Summary judgment, Action in nature of mandamus, Standing.
This court concluded that G. L. c. 84, § 1, which requires that towns keep highways and town ways in repair, did not create a private right of action, either express or implied, in a…
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