Nelson v. State Board of Health
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the Superior Court, filed November 1, 1903, under St. 1897, c. 510, § 4, by an owner of a farm on the shores of Assawompsett Pond in Lakeville, alleging that the petitioner was aggrieved by certain rules, regulations and orders adopted by the State board of health on December 5,1901. The respondent demurred to the petition. ín the Superior Court Hardy, J. sustained the demurrer and gave judgment for the respondent dismissing the petition. The petitioner appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This is a petition by the owner of land bordering on Assawompsett Pond, which is a great pond.
In the petition it is alleged that on December 5, 1901, the State board of health made certain rules, regulations and orders, a copy of which is annexed to the petition, “ for the purpose of preventing the pollution and securing the sanitary protection of the waters ” of that and another pond “ and their tributaries used by the city of Taunton as sources of water supply ” ; that said rules, regulations and orders were published on October 23, 1903] that the petitioner is aggrieved by said rules,…
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