Legal Opinion
Paquette v. City of Fall River
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 15, 1959PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
The plaintiffs, owners of “cold water flats,” bring this bill under G. L. c. 231A for a declaration as to the validity of “Housing Ordinance of the City of Fall River” enacted on October 13, 1955 (c. 28 of Revised Ordinances, 1948), pursuant to G. L. c. 143, § 3 (as amended through St. 1951, c. 85). The case was referred to a master, who filed a report which was confirmed. The judge ruled that “the ordinance, as enacted, is arbitrary, unreasonable and unconstitutional,” and reported the case upon the pleadings, the master’s report, the judge’s “findings and rulings of law,” such decree to be…
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