New England Hospital for Women & Children v. Street Commissioners
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Four petitions, filed July 15,1908, by owners of real estate on Columbus Avenue in Boston, for a writ of certiorari addressed to the street commissioners of that city to quash their proceedings assessing betterments upon the respective estates of the petitioners for the. extension and widening of that avenue, as stated in the first paragraph of the opinion.
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Four petitions, filed July 15,1908, by owners of real estate on Columbus Avenue in Boston, for a writ of certiorari addressed to the street commissioners of that city to quash their proceedings assessing betterments upon the respective estates of the petitioners for the. extension and widening of that avenue, as stated in the first paragraph of the opinion. The first three eases came on to be heard before Barker, J.. who at the request of the parties reserved them for determination by the full court on the petition, the return and further returns of the respondents and the following facts and…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
These are petitions for writs of certiorari to quash assessments of betterments upon the estates of the several petitioners for a part of the cost of widening and extending Columbus Avenue in the city of Boston. The assessments were made under the St. 1902, c. 527, which was considered in Warren v. Street Commissioners, 187 Mass. 290.
The principal contention in the present cases is that the statute purports to authorize two assessments for the same public improvement, one for the legal act which determines that certain changes are to be made, and another for the benefits coming from the…
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- Chase v. AldermenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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