Framingham Homes, Inc. v. Dietz

In this case the briefs refer us to G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 40, §§ 42A and 42F, which make charges for water supplied at the request “of the owner or tenant” a lien on the real estate, and give to “an owner of real estate who, in order to prevent the imposition of a hen thereon or to discharge the same, has paid charges for water furnished to a tenant or other person who was bound to pay the same,” a right to recover over from the tenant. See Mechanics Savings Bank v. Collector of Taxes of Holyoke, 299 Mass. 404. But these statutes cannot be considered, for they apply only in municipalities which…