Boston & Maine Railroad v. County Commissioners
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May 10, 1916, for a writ of certiorari directing the county commissioners of the county of Middlesex to certify the records of that board relating to a petition by the selectmen of the town of Reading, filed on April 13, 1915, under St. 1906, c. 463, Part II, § 115, for the repair of a bridge maintained by this petitioner over Lowell Street in Reading and “all their orders and proceedings in the premises, with such an…
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Petition, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May 10, 1916, for a writ of certiorari directing the county commissioners of the county of Middlesex to certify the records of that board relating to a petition by the selectmen of the town of Reading, filed on April 13, 1915, under St. 1906, c. 463, Part II, § 115, for the repair of a bridge maintained by this petitioner over Lowell Street in Reading and “all their orders and proceedings in the premises, with such an extension of their records as will state the material facts upon which they proceeded and their rulings thereon, to the end that…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is a petition for a writ of certiorari against the county commissioners of the county of Middlesex. At the request of the parties a single justice of this court reserved the case for the determination of the full court upon the petition, answer, petitioner’s special demurrer and petitioner’s motion to strike out parts of the respondent’s answer together with the stipulation filed by the parties. We shall consider the questions raised by the petitioner in the order adopted in its brief.
The petitioner contends that “ Because the respondent has set forth that certain acts of the petitioner…
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- Marsch v. Southern New England RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Collins v. Mayor of HolyokeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Fairbanks v. Mayor of FitchburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Selectmen of Holliston v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Dickinson v. New Haven & Northampton Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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