COMMISSIONERS OF HAMPDEN COUNTY v. TOWN OF AGAWAM

No: 97-P-0814.

45 Mass. App. Ct. 481 (1998)

COMMISSIONERS OF HAMPDEN COUNTY v. TOWN OF AGAWAM.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Hampden.

September 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Locke for the defendant.

Timothy J. Howes & William K. Danaher, Jr., for the plaintiffs.

Present: BROWN, GREENBERG, & LAURENCE, JJ.


GREENBERG, J.

On July 14, 1988, the effective date of St. 1988, c. 119, the Legislature "authorized and directed" the plaintiff county commissioners "to convey to the city known as the town of Agawam ... five described parcels of land, presently used for agricultural and environmental purposes." For six years the commissioners failed to execute a deed as contemplated by the statute. Nor did the town demand a conveyance until January 3, 1995, just before the commissioners...

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