NEW BEDFORD v. NEW BEDFORD, WOODS HOLE & C. S.S. AUTH.


329 Mass. 243 (1952)

107 N.E.2d 513

CITY OF NEW BEDFORD & others vs. NEW BEDFORD, WOODS HOLE, MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 9, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Lider, City Solicitor, (Louis A. Perras, Jr., Assistant City Solicitor, with him,) for the city of New Bedford.

W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., for the interveners.

Robert G. Dodge, (Harold S. Davis with him,) for New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority.

David H. Stuart, Assistant Attorney General, for the Department of Public Utilities.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, RONAN, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, J.

This is a bill in equity brought by the city of New Bedford under G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231A, inserted by St. 1945, c. 582, § 1, seeking a declaratory decree as to the obligation of New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority to furnish adequate transportation service by steamship to and from the said city and as to the jurisdiction of the department of public utilities "to deal with and enforce the obligation of the...

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