Commissioner of Natural Resources v. S. Volpe & Co.

The Commissioner of Natural Resources and the Director of Marine Fisheries bring this bill in equity against S. Volpe & Co., Inc., a corporation of Massachusetts, to enjoin the defendant “from placing any further fill on Broad Marsh in the Town of Wareham” in violation of a condition imposed by the commissioner, and to order the defendant “to remove all fill placed on and in Broad Marsh” in violation of that condition. After a hearing a final decree was entered in which the defendant was enjoined and ordered accordingly. The defendant appealed. The judge made a report of the material facts…