Kingman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Motion, by the Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners, for the acceptance and confirmation of the report and award of the commissioners appointed under St. 1895, c. 406, relating to the Neponset River Valley system of sewage disposal, to make the apportionment therein provided for. The town of Milton objected to such acceptance and confirmation, and moved that the report and award be recommitted to the commissioners.
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Motion, by the Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners, for the acceptance and confirmation of the report and award of the commissioners appointed under St. 1895, c. 406, relating to the Neponset River Valley system of sewage disposal, to make the apportionment therein provided for. The town of Milton objected to such acceptance and confirmation, and moved that the report and award be recommitted to the commissioners. Hearing in this court, before Morton, J., who entered a decree accepting and confirming the report and award ; and, at the request of the town, reported the case for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The Neponset River Valley Sewerage System was provided for by St. 1895, c. 406, and the petitioners were directed to construct, maintain, and operate it. The provisions of the statute are substantially like those of St. 1889, c. 439, under which the same petitioners have built and operated the North Metropolitan and the Charles River sewerage systems, and which were considered by this court in the cases of Kingman, petitioner, 153 Mass. 566, and 156 Mass. 361. The expense of construction and operation of each system is paid by the petitioners from money advanced from the treasury of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- KingmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Inhabitants of Agawam v. County of HampdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Inhabitants of Scituate v. Inhabitants of WeymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- KingmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
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- City of Boston v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- City of Chelsea v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Mullen v. Board of Sewer Commissioners of MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- County of Essex v. City of NewburyportMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- In re Metropolitan Park CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917