City of Lawrence v. Commissioners of Public Works

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash the action of the department of public works in granting a license under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 91, §§ 12 and 18, to the Colonial Beacon Oil Company to lay and maintain a four inch steel pipe line in the Merrimack River in the towns of Andover and Dracut. From a final judgment unfavorable to it the petitioner appeals. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 213, § 1D, inserted by St. 1943, c. 374, § 4.

The return shows that on September 28, 1945, the petition of the Colonial Beacon Oil Company (hereinafter called the company) for a license to lay and maintain the…