Boston Seamen's Friend Society v. Mayor of Boston

The first case arises upon a petition to the Superior Court for a trial by jury upon a certain assessment made upon the estate and lands of the petitioner at the corner of Purchase and Oliver streets in Boston, for a portion of the expense of laying out, widening and grading said Oliver Street, &c., under a resolve of the mayor and aldermen of the city, approved September 6, 1865, under the St. of 1865, e. 159; and the questions reported to this court are :

“ 1st. Whether, under the provisions of the St. of 1865, c. 159, the petitioner or its estate is liable for or subject to said assess *182ment,…