Kingman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from the final decree accepting the award of commissioners appointed on May 26, 1891, under the statute of 1889, c. 439, § 13. The award stated that the St. of 1889, c. 439, provided for the construction, maintenance, and operation of two systems of trunk and intercepting sewers within the city of Boston and seventeen other cities and towns in the Charles and Mystic River valleys.
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Appeal from the final decree accepting the award of commissioners appointed on May 26, 1891, under the statute of 1889, c. 439, § 13. The award stated that the St. of 1889, c. 439, provided for the construction, maintenance, and operation of two systems of trunk and intercepting sewers within the city of Boston and seventeen other cities and towns in the Charles and Mystic River valleys. The first system, known as the North Metropolitan system, and having its outlet at Deer Island, included the East Boston and Charlestown Districts of Boston, and thirteen other cities and towns. The second…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
Since the decision in 153 Mass. 566, the commissioners therein referred to have been appointed, and have *366made their award, determining the proportion in which the cities and towns concerned shall pay money to the Commonwealth for five years, to meet interest and sinking fund requirements under the Metropolitan Sewerage Loan. This award has been accepted by a single justice of this court. St. 1889, c. 439, § 13. The town of Brookline and the city of Newton appeal: all other parties acquiesce. The ground of appeal is that the commissioners, besides determining the proportion in which each city…
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