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DEDHAM WATER CO. v. DEDHAM

395 Mass. 510 (1985)

480 N.E.2d 1016

DEDHAM WATER COMPANY vs. TOWN OF DEDHAM & others (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

July 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Swope (Paul W. Johnson, Joanne E. Barker & Paul D. Maggioni, Town Counsel, with him) for the town of Dedham.

Thomas F. Holt, Jr. (Cynthia L. Amara with him) for Dedham Water Company.

Donald L. Connors, Eric W. Wodlinger & Mark A. Stein, for the town of Westwood, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

LYNCH, J.

The town of Dedham appeals from a partial summary judgment entered in the Superior Court in Norfolk County in these consolidated cases. The judgment interpreted Dedham's option under St. 1876, c. 138, § 10, as amended by St. 1882, c. 12, § 1, "to purchase the corporate property and all the rights and privileges" of the Dedham Water Company (company), which operates in Dedham and in the neighboring town of Westwood. The judge in the Superior Court...

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