HomeMy WebLinkAbout1947-04-07 Law Committee Minutes MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE LAW COMMITTEE
HELD APRIL 7, 1947
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A meeting of the Law Committee was duly held in the Municipal
Building on Monday, April 7, 1947 at 8:30 o'clock P. M., notice of
such meeting having been forwarded to each of such members giving
the time and the place and the purpose of said meeting.
There were present Kenneth C. Latham, Chairman, Alexander Glover,
Joseph Knight, Harold B. Currell and Dr. Edward M. Halligan, being a
majority of the Law Committee.
The Chairman called the meeting to order.
Mr. Harold B. Currell was duly elected Secretary for the ensuing
year.
The nomination of Samuel H. Davis to act as Town Counsel was made
and seconded and the Committee voted to appoint him as Town Counsel for
. the ensuing year.
The Town Counsel made a report at the meeting relative to the case
of Mrs. Ruth E. Anderson, 31 Willow Street, Reading, who made a claim
against the Town as the result of an alleged accident which occurred
in December, 1946, in which it is claimed that she fell into a post
hole . in the tree lawn in front of her premises sustaining injuries.
Mr. Davis further reported that a permit was issued to the Telephone
Company to remove a pole from this location and that the liability for
this accident may rest with this Company.
Mr. Davis also reported that a claim has been made against the
Town by the Reading Masonic Temple Corporation by reason of water flow-
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Minutes of the Meeting Held April 7, 1947
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ing from the Municipal Parking Place into the property owned by the
corporation located on Main Street.
It was also reported to the Committee by Mr. Davis that two
zoning by-law cases were pending in the Middlesex Superior Court and
would be disposed of by trial in the near future.
No further business being brought before the meeting, it was on
motion duly made and seconded
VOTED: To adjourn.
Adjourned.
Attest:
Secretary