Clark v. Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners

The petitioners seek a writ of mandamus to require the respondents, the selectmen of Norwood acting as sewer commissioners, to issue a permit for a sewer connection. The petitioners own about thirty-six acres on Nahatan Street on which they propose to build a 318 unit apartment house complex, with an estimated population of from 700 to 1,000.

An auditor, whose findings were final, in a report filed July 28, 1967, found that proper application for a permit had been made and a permit had been refused for the stated reason that "the Nahatan Street sewer is inadequate to accommodate . . . the…