Cochran v. Roemer

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, The petitioners own properties in the immediate neighborhood of land on which it is alleged that certain structures have been erected in violation of the Boston zoning law by the New England Fuel and Transportation Company, a voluntary association under a declaration of trust. That association has been admitted on its own motion as a party respondent. It has filed an answer and participated in the trial and argument. G. L. c. 249, § 5; Siegemund v. Building Commissioner of Boston, 259 Mass. 329, 335. Hereafter, it will be referred to as the fuel…