Legal Opinion
Loring v. Commissioner of Public Works
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 20, 1928PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This proceeding was instituted for the purpose of compelling the respondent, as the officer of the city of Boston in charge of its water system, to remove from the registry of deeds statements of liens for water rates filed by him with respect to real estate owned by the petitioners. These statements were filed pursuant to St. 1923, c. 391.
The facts pertinent to the controversy are these: The petitioners are owners of a parcel of real estate in Boston. They leased it to the Middlebrook Wool Combing Company, a corporation, which remained in continuous and exclusive occupation of the estate…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. City of GoldsboroSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Union Dry Goods Co. v. Georgia Public Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Hanscom v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Town of HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Daley Construction Co. v. Planning Board of RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Central Savings Bank v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Commonwealth v. HigginsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Rockford Savings & Loan Ass'n v. City of RockfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1933
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