Driscoll v. Inhabitants of Northbridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two petitions under R. L. c. 49, § 4, filed in the Superior Court on August 28, 1908, for a revision of sewer assessments levied upon land of the respective petitioners. The petitions were referred to Charles H. Sibley, Esquire, as auditor.
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Two petitions under R. L. c. 49, § 4, filed in the Superior Court on August 28, 1908, for a revision of sewer assessments levied upon land of the respective petitioners. The petitions were referred to Charles H. Sibley, Esquire, as auditor. From his report, beside the facts stated in the opinion, the following facts appeared: The respondent had adopted a system of sewerage and sewage disposal for that part of Northbridge known as Whitinsville and Linwood, and had established and constructed sewer drains and pipes in and through the village of Whitinsville and had extended a main sewer pipe…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
These are petitions under R. L. c. 49, § 4, for the revision of sewer assessments levied by the sewer commission of the respondent town for the benefit accruing from a sewer constructed under said c. 49. The case was referred to an audi*154tor, and in the Superior Court was tried upon his report as the only evidence. He found that the assessment was levied in accordance with the combined method of frontage and area pointed out in E. L. c. 49, § 5, and that the land of the petitioners was so situated that it could drain into the sewer, but found also that the assessment exceeded the actual benefit…
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