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· 3/3/1950

Town of Dartmouth v. Silva

Citations

  • 90 N.E.2d 832
  • 325 Mass. 401
  • 1950 Mass. LEXIS 1082

How courts have described this case

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  • expense of protecting public property from advancing fire
  • “where the interference with a public right of way is of such a nature that a town may be put to expense in repairing the way, or may be liable for damage sustained from its obstruction, it has been held that such a suit may be maintained by the town”

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Judges: Counihan, Qua, Roman, Spalding, Wilkins

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