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COMMONWEALTH v. JOHN G. GRANT & SONS CO.

24 Mass. App. Ct. 690 (1987)

512 N.E.2d 522

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN G. GRANT & SONS CO., INC.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

September 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Burke for the defendant.

James A. Paisley, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: PERRETTA, KASS, & WARNER, JJ.

KASS, J.

Upon complaint by the town of Braintree, John G. Grant & Sons Co., Inc., was found guilty by a jury of six of multiple violations of G.L.c. 131, § 40, the Wetlands Act.1 The violation of the statute charged in the complaint was that the defendant had filled and altered a fresh water wetland which was subject to flooding. A judge of the District Court imposed a fine of $70,000, plus a surfine of $17,500.

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