Union Street Railway Co. v. Mayor of New Bedford

These are petitions for writs of certiorari. The petitioner is a corporation organized under the" laws of this Commonwealth owning and operating a street railway in New Bedford and vicinity. The object of the petitions is to set aside two assessments laid upon the petitioner in respect to the widening of two sections of Union Street in New Bedford. The cases come before us by reservation on the petitions and agreed facts.

The facts so far as relevant to the grounds upon which this decision rests are that in 1922 the board of aldermen of the city of New Bedford adopted separate orders for the…