Morse v. Street Commissioners
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petitions for a writ of certiorari against the hoard of street commissioners of Boston to quash their proceedings in assessing betterments for the construction of Columbia Road, filed October 9,1907. Paragraphs ten to thirteen, inclusive, of the petitions contained allegations in support of the contention described in the fourth paragraph of the opinion.
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Petitions for a writ of certiorari against the hoard of street commissioners of Boston to quash their proceedings in assessing betterments for the construction of Columbia Road, filed October 9,1907. Paragraphs ten to thirteen, inclusive, of the petitions contained allegations in support of the contention described in the fourth paragraph of the opinion. The respondents in their return stated that they had determined as the special benefit and advantage to all the estates abutting on Columbia Road the sum of $296,443.69, which they determined as the assessable cost, and which was much less…
1Opinion of the Court
Knowi/TON, C. J.
These are petitions for a writ of certiorari to quash an assessment of betterments for the construction of Columbia Road in Boston. The cost of the improvement was $1,800,000, and the amount of the entire assessment was $296,448.69. The assessment was made under the St. 1906, c. 393, § 9. The order laying out the street and directing its construction was passed on August 31,1897. The work of construction was finished on May 6, 1905.
The first question is whether the statute referred to authorized the making of an assessment for this improvement. The statute is as follows: “…
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