Jones v. Board of Aldermen

These are petitions for writs of certiorari to quash the proceedings of the board of aldermen of Boston in the matters of the widening of Matthews Street and High Street in *463that city. In two of the cases, the proceedings were commenced in 1867, — before the amendment of the St. of 1866, c. 174,* *464by be St. of 1868, c. 276; * in the other two, the proceedings were commenced after the St. of 1868, c. 276, went into effect.

I. We will first consider the questions raised in the two cases first referred to.

1. The first objection, made by the petitioners to the validity of the proceedings, is, that…