Legal Opinion
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 4, 1966PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
In this bill in equity seeking declaratory relief under G. L. c. 231A, the plaintiff is Eastern Massa chusetts Street Railway Company, a Massachusetts corporation (Eastern), and the defendants are the Authority, created as “a political subdivision of the commonwealth’’ by O. L. c. 161A, § 2, inserted by St. 1964, c. 563, § 18, the city of Lowell, the town of Billerica, and Boston and Maine Corporation (B & M). Lowell and Billerica are not among the seventy-eight cities and towns constituting the Authority. Eastern is authorized by the Department of Public Uilities to operate two routes as a…
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