COUNTY COMMR. OF BRISTOL v. CONSERVATION COMM.


380 Mass. 706 (1980)

405 N.E.2d 637

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BRISTOL vs. CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF DARTMOUTH & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

May 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Cronin (Leonard E. Perry with him) for the defendants.

William F. Long, Jr., for the plaintiffs.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

In 1973 the Legislature authorized the county commissioners of Bristol County to construct a new jail and to acquire the necessary land by purchase or eminent domain. See St. 1973, c. 412.1 As a result of this legislative mandate and after appropriate study and investigation, the county commissioners devised a plan to build the jail within the confines of the town of Dartmouth...

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