City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on September 13, 1912, under St. 1911, c. 581, and St. 1913, c. 341, for the appointment of commissioners for the apportionment of the expenses incurred by the construction and maintenance of Chelsea Bridge, Meridian Street Bridge and Chelsea Street Bridge.
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Petition, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on September 13, 1912, under St. 1911, c. 581, and St. 1913, c. 341, for the appointment of commissioners for the apportionment of the expenses incurred by the construction and maintenance of Chelsea Bridge, Meridian Street Bridge and Chelsea Street Bridge. Chapter 581 of St. 1911 is as follows: “Section 1. Upon the application of the city of Boston, after a vote thereupon by its city council, to any justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, and after notice to and hearing of the cities of Boston and Chelsea, the towns of Revere and Winthrop, and…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a petition under St. 1911, c. 581, as amended by St. 1913, c. 341, for the appointment of commissioners for the apportionment of the expenses incurred by the construction and maintenance of certain bridges connecting parts of Boston and Chelsea. Commissioners were appointed, who have filed an original and a supplemental report. The case was reserved by a single justice on a motion made by the city of Boston for the confirmation of this report, except in a single particular referred to hereafter.
These statutes authorize the city of Boston to construct and repair Chelsea Bridge between…
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- Commonwealth v. PlaistedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- City of Worcester v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Higginson v. Treasurer & School House CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Town of East Hartford v. HartFord Bridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1851
- KingmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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- City of Boston v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Dinan v. SwigMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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