Sears v. Street Commissioners of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three petitions for writs of certiorari to quash alleged erroneous assessments of taxes by the street commissioners of the city of Boston, made under St. 1897, c. 426, entitled “ An Act relative to the sewerage works of the city of Boston,” The first two cases were heard before Knowlton, J., and reserved by him upon the petitions, answers, and certain testimony for the consideration of the full court.
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Three petitions for writs of certiorari to quash alleged erroneous assessments of taxes by the street commissioners of the city of Boston, made under St. 1897, c. 426, entitled “ An Act relative to the sewerage works of the city of Boston,” The first two cases were heard before Knowlton, J., and reserved by him upon the petitions, answers, and certain testimony for the consideration of the full court. In the third case the respondents demurred, assigning as ground therefor that the petitioners had not stated “ any such case as entitles them in law to the remedy or relief prayed for ” against…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
These are petitions for a writ of certiorari to quash an alleged illegal assessment of sewer charges upon property of the several petitioners. The law under which the *351respondents assumed to act in determining these charges is the St. 1897, c. 426, of which the seventh and eighth sections are as follows:
“ Section 7. The Board of Street Commissioners, with the approval of the mayor, shall annually, before the first day of July, determine just and equitable sewerage charges to be paid by estates in said city for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the sewerage works, taking into…
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