United States Drainage & Irrigation Co. v. City of Medford
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; George W. Anderson, Judge. Suit by the United States Drainage & Irrigation Company against the City of Medford. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a proceeding in equity brought by the United States Drainage & Irrigation Company, a New York corporation, against the city of Medford, a Massachusetts municipal corporation, to charge the latter as trustee of sums of money assessed against and collected by the city from certain individual owners of property, and of liens imposed under assessments upon land owned by the city, but not used for public purposes; said lands having been adjudged to have been benefited by the abatement of nuisances which the board of health of the city had ordered abated under the…
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