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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed August 5, 1884, under the St. of 1875, e. 200, § 3, for the appointment of commissioners to determine the parties benefited by defences to protect the banks of the Connecticut River, built in accordance with the provisions of said statute,* and to apportion the cost thereof.
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Petition, filed August 5, 1884, under the St. of 1875, e. 200, § 3, for the appointment of commissioners to determine the parties benefited by defences to protect the banks of the Connecticut River, built in accordance with the provisions of said statute,* and to apportion the cost thereof. The record of the county commissioners made on August 4, 1884, which formed part of the petition, showed that the total expenditure to September 1, 1876, was $9221.15; and that- the total amount of principal and interest to the date of the record was $14,309.12. The difference between these amounts was…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The object of the St. of 1875, c. 200, was to secure the protection of the banks of the Connecticut River, a great public improvement, in which the county of Hampshire and many towns, corporations, and individuals were interested. The scheme of the statute is, that the work shall be done and the expenses borne in the first instance by the county of Hampshire. Upon the completion of the work, the county commissioners are required to make a record of their doings, and of the amount expended, or cost, and thereupon three special commissioners are to be appointed by this court to “determine and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Haverhill Bridge Proprietors v. County Commissioners of EssexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Fairbanks v. Mayor of FitchburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Case of the Northampton BridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Case of the Sunderland BridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
3Cited by10 opinions
- KingmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. City of OttumwaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
- Town of Lincoln v. GilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Lincoln v. Board of Street CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Selectmen of Westwood v. Dedham & Franklin Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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