Inhabitants of Hyde Park v. County Commissioners
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition for a writ of certiorari, filed November 18,1874, the material allegations of which were as follows : On October 23, 1874, the following petition, signed by five citizens of Hyde Park, and also by George E. Sherman, Rinaldo Williams, and J. Ellery Piper, describing themselves as selectmen of Hyde Park, was presented to the respondents : “ To the honorable county commissioners of the county of Norfolk.
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Petition for a writ of certiorari, filed November 18,1874, the material allegations of which were as follows : On October 23, 1874, the following petition, signed by five citizens of Hyde Park, and also by George E. Sherman, Rinaldo Williams, and J. Ellery Piper, describing themselves as selectmen of Hyde Park, was presented to the respondents : “ To the honorable county commissioners of the county of Norfolk. The undersigned, selectmen, and others, citizens of Hyde Park, respectfully represent, that the location of River Street in said town is uncertain in several places, and generally needs…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The objections to the proceedings of the county commissioners, assigned as reasons for issuing a writ of certiorari, sannot be maintained. They are very numerous, and may be *422conveniently considered in the order in which they have been stated in the application for the writ.
1. The termini of the road referred to are not expressly stated in the petition for its new location. But, while it would be essential that these should be carefully defined, where it was sought to lay out a new way or make alterations in a particular portion of an old one, in order to determine within what limits such new…
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