Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 187 (2026)

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Section 187. The supreme judicial or superior court, upon the application of the board of health of a town, may enforce the orders of said board relative to public health. Sections eleven and twelve of chapter two hundred and fourteen shall apply to such cases; but a jury may be summoned under said sections, if there is no sitting of the court, within one month after issues have been framed.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1961–2010 · leading case: Town of Boxford v. Massachusetts High. Dep't, 940 N.E.2d 404 (Mass. 2010).

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Town of Boxford v. Massachusetts High. Dep't, 940 N.E.2d 404 (Mass. 2010). · cites it 2× “Ill, § 130 (authorizing Superior Court to enjoin main *603 tenance of “common nuisance affecting the public health” while action to prosecute nuisance is pending); note 8, supra.”

Bd. of Health of Franklin v. Hass, 173 N.E.2d 808 (Mass. 1961). · cites it 2× “This is a bill in equity brought (see G. L. c. 111, § 187) by the board of health of Franklin 1 (the board) *422 and by the town of Franklin on May 5, 1959, to enjoin the defendants from using certain land for the purposes of a piggery and to require them to remove all pigs.”

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