Inhabitants of Mansfield v. Atlantic Chemical Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on May 27, 1919, to enforce an order of the board of health of the town of Mansfield. The suit was referred to a master. Material findings of fact contained in the master’s report are described in the opinion. By order of N. P. Brown, J., there were entered an interlocutory decree confirming the report and a final decree dismissing the bill. The plaintiff appealed from the final decree.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
This is a bill in equity, brought under R. L. c. 75, § 141, to enforce an order of the board of health of the town of Mansfield. The following facts appear in the master’s report.
The defendant owns a tract of land comprising about four acres. Three acres of this, on which are its buildings, are high ground; the rest is low and wet swamp land. The defendant also has acquired from the owner of an adjoining portion of the swamp the right to let waste water from its premises flow upon and through his land along the line of natural drainage. From this swamp a small natural stream flows into the…
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