Warren v. Street Commissioners

These are petitions for a writ of certiorari

to quash the proceedings of the street commissioners of Boston in assessing betterments under the St. 1902, c. 527, for the laying out, extension and construction of Huntington Avenue. Our decision will depend upon the construction to be given to this statute. It was passed on June 27, 1902, and is a law giving general authority to the street commissioners of Boston to assess betterments for public improvements completed by the city within six years before its enactment, “ consisting of laying out, relocating, altering or widening, with or without…