City of Charlestown v. County Commissioners

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash the proceedings of the county commissioners upon a com *271plaint of Daniel Chamberlain for the abatement of a tax assessed upon him by the city of Charlestown in the year 1869. The respondents, as a part of their answer, file a full copy of their rec ord of proceedings in the premises.

It appears that Chamberlain in May 1869 was a resident of Bos-' ton, and was lessee of the Waverly House in Charlestown, which he was carrying on as a hotel, and that he owned the furniture of said hotel. Within the time required by the notice of the assessors,…