Legal Opinion
Town of Sudbury v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 24, 1966PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
These four petitions for appeal under G. L. c. 25, § 5, are from the decision, rulings, and order of the respondent department authorizing the respondent Boston Edison Company (Edison) upon its petition pursuant to G-. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 164, § 72, to take by eminent domain certain lands, rights of way or other easements in the towns of Concord, Sudbury, and Wayland for the construction and use of a proposed overhead line or lines for the transmission of electricity. The petitioners for appeal are two of the towns and two of the owners of land authorized to be taken. The proposed line is…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Gibbons v. DenoncourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Clarke v. City of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- American Employers' Insurance v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- City of Newton v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Boston Edison Co. v. Board of Selectmen of ConcordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Save the Bay, Inc. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Maddocks v. Contributory Retirement Appeal BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Costello v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Board of Assessors of Holyoke v. State Tax CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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