Attorney General v. Eastern Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Information, under the Pub. Sts. c. 112, § 156, at the relation of ten legal voters of the town of Everett, to restrain the respondent corporation from continuing an abandonment of its station at Waters Street in West Everett. The answer denied an abandonment, and set up a relocation of the station in pursuance of the Pub.
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Information, under the Pub. Sts. c. 112, § 156, at the relation of ten legal voters of the town of Everett, to restrain the respondent corporation from continuing an abandonment of its station at Waters Street in West Everett. The answer denied an abandonment, and set up a relocation of the station in pursuance of the Pub. Sts. c. 112, § 157. Hearing before W. Allen, J., who reported the case for the consideration of the full court, in substance as follows: It was admitted by the respondent that the station in question was established in 1855, and had been continuously maintained until…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
This is an information brought under the Pub. Sts. c. 112, § 156, which provides that “a railroad corporation which has established and maintained throughout the year for five consecutive years a passenger station at a point upon its road shall not abandon such station; ” and “ in case of a violar tian of the provisions of this section, the Attorney General, at the relation of ten legal voters of the city or town in which said station is located, shall proceed in equity by information to enjoin the corporation from further violation thereof.” The next following section provides that “a…
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