Legal Opinion
Ward v. Board of Aldermen of Newton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 22, 1902PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash assessments for street watering in front of three tracts of the petitioner’s land. The assessment was by the front foot under St. 1897, c. 419, § 2. The petition alleges facts which make it seem unlikely that the two lots on Beacon Street, which alone are in question before us, could have received any benefit, or at least a benefit equal to the amount of the tax, and the record proper discloses no preliminary adjudication by the board that there was such a benefit. The return or answer alleges, however, that the assessment was much less…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Sears v. Board of AldermenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Inhabitants of Tewksbury v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Weed v. Mayor & Aldermen of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Swan v. Justices of Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Bradley v. Board of Zoning AdjustmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Byfield v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Blankenburg v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Prusik v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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