Union Street Railway Co. v. Mayor of New Bedford

These are petitions for writs of certiorari to set aside certain reassessments laid upon the petitioner in connection with the widening of a part of Purchase Street and of a part of Union Street in the city of New Bedford. The cases come before us by reservation on the petitions and an agreed statement of facts.

*316It is assumed for the purposes of this decision, without so deciding, that the orders for the widenings were validly-passed and became operative on June 26, 1913, in accordance with statutes permitting assessments of betterments. It was provided by It. L. c. 50, § 1, then in force,…