Legal Opinion

Marcus v. County Commissioners

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 30, 1962PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order sustaining demurrer affirmed. Judgment for the respondents. The petitioners appealed from an order sustaining a demurrer to a petition for a writ of mandamus. The petitioners, residents of the town of Sharon, sought to compel the respondents, as commissioners of the county of Norfolk, to complete construction of a public way in Sharon. The petition alleges that the respondents “by return and order of [tjaking, dated July 17, 1956, did relocate Bay Road” and ordered the town to “relocate, build and construct said highway on or before July 17, 1961,” and that the town “has failed to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Richards v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  2. Metcalf v. Mayor of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
  3. Wojnar v. County of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Perry v. Planning Board of NantucketMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
  2. Chandler v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  3. Sturdy v. Planning BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992

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