Legal Opinion
Coonamessett Inn v. Chief of the Falmouth Fire Department
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 23, 1983PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
By this action in the Superior Court, the plaintiffs sought a declaration (1) that a local option statute (G. L. c. 148, § 26C) was not validly accepted by the town of Falmouth (town); (2) that the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations (Board) had no authority under G. L. c. 148, § 26C, to promulgate regulations for the installation, deployment, testing, maintenance and operation of smoke detectors; and (3) that the chief of the Falmouth Fire Department (fire chief) had no authority to order the plaintiffs to comply with those regulations.
A Superior Court judge entered summary judgment,…
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