Whitbeck v. Common Council

Certiorari .to review the proceedings off the common council of the village of Hudson in ordering one of the streets of the village to be paved, and the cost assessed' against the owners of the abutting lots. Irregularities supposed to be fatal are alleged in the votes of the council, the descriptions of land are said to be so defective in some cases as to render the assessments ineffectual, and the plaintiff in certiorari claims that more of his land is assessed than belongs in the district for which the pavement is ordered. The name of the plaintiff does not appear in the proceedings, but…