Young v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity filed February 24, 1868, against the city of Boston and William F. Davis, its water registrar, praying for an injunction against cutting off the Coehituate water from the plaintiff’s tenement, and for general relief.
Read the full summary
Bill in equity filed February 24, 1868, against the city of Boston and William F. Davis, its water registrar, praying for an injunction against cutting off the Coehituate water from the plaintiff’s tenement, and for general relief. The bill alleged that the plaintiff was tenant and occupant of a tenement numbered 2 in a building called a model lodging-house, situated at number 3 Osborn Place in Boston and owned by the Model Lodging-house Association, a corporation; that this tenement was supplied with the Coehituate water by fixtures within it, including a water closet, and entirely dependent…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
By the St. of 1846, c. 167, entitled “An act for supplying the city of Boston with pure water,” the city was authorized by and through the agency of three commissioners to construct its now existing aqueduct. It was to be maintained and regulated under the authority of the city council, and at the expense of the city; and one of its principal objects was to "supply the occupants of tenements in the city.
*104The plaintiff occupies a tenement in a model lodging-house so called; and a special provision is made in the city ordinances for this class of tenements. A section of the ordinances cited,…
2Cited by17 opinions
- Turner v. Revere Water Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Roberts v. Lynn Ice Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Brand v. Water CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Richmond Natural Gas Co. v. ClawsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
- Millville Improvement Co. v. Millville Water Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1921
12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.