Legal Opinion
City of Malden v. Metropolitan Transit Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 7, 1952PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This 'is a bill in equity to annul an order of the defendant department of public utilities granting a permit to the defendant Metropolitan Transit Authority to operate trackless trolleys over certain public ways in the city of Malden; to erect, establish and maintain the necessary poles to support the wires of its electric system; to attach wires, appliances, and apparatus to the said poles; and to make the necessary underground and surface alterations to the streets. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 25, § 5. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 161, § 142; Boston & Albany Railroad v. New York Central Railroad, 256…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lowell Gas Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Donham v. Public Service CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Boston & Albany Railroad v. New York Central RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Mayor of Gloucester v. City Clerk of GloucesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- City Council of Salem v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Save the Bay, Inc. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- City of Newton v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Hansen v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Duato v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- A. B. & C. Motor Transportation Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
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