United States Drainage & Irrigation Co. v. City of Medford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against the city of Medford on nine contracts in writing made with the plaintiff by the board of health of the defendant as described in the opinion. Writ dated April 2, 1914. In the Superior Court the case was heard by King, J., without a jury, upon an auditor’s report, which contained the facts that are stated in the opinion.
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Contract against the city of Medford on nine contracts in writing made with the plaintiff by the board of health of the defendant as described in the opinion. Writ dated April 2, 1914. In the Superior Court the case was heard by King, J., without a jury, upon an auditor’s report, which contained the facts that are stated in the opinion. The judge found the facts to be as stated by the auditor, and, at the request of the parties, reported the case for determination by this court. If, as matter of law, the plaintiff was entitled to recover, the judge found that it was entitled to recover the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
In the spring of 1913, ten separate petitions were duly presented to the board of health of the city of Medford, alleging that the land described therein was wet, rotten, spongy and covered with stagnant water, so that it was offensive to residents in its vicinity and was injurious to the public health, and to the health of the petitioners; that said land constituted a nuisance, source of filth and cause of sickness to the petitioners and to the public, and praying that the same be deemed a nuisance and abated as is provided by R. L. c. 75, §§ 75-82.
On June 11, 1913, the board of health…
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