Taintor v. Mayor of Cambridge

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash the proceedings of the respondents as mayor and city council of the city of Cambridge in accepting and laying out a certain street in Cambridge called Brown Street. The petitioner is an abutting owner whose land was taken in the laying out of the street. The presiding justice found that the allegations of fact contained in the answer of the respondents were true, and thereupon ruled that no error of law appeared. He further found that substantial justice did not require the writ to be issued and dismissed the petition, and, at the request…