Town of Somerset v. Dighton Water District

The plaintiff, the town of Somerset, in one suit against the Dighton Water District seeks a declaration under G. L. c. 231A that the town has an exclusive right to use the waters and watershed of the Segreganset River for its public water supply system and that an alleged taking of the waters of the Segreganset be declared null and void. In another suit the plaintiff asked that the defendant be restrained from “any further action in execution” of the alleged taking. The cases were referred to a master. The defendant appeals from interlocutory decrees which denied the defendant’s motion to…