Parsons v. City of Worcester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two petitions, filed in the Superior Court on August 3, 1915, for revision by a jury under St. 1867, c. 106, § 4, of assessments made by the mayor and the board of aldermen of Worcester for sewers laid under the provisions of that statute in Armandale Street and in Apricot Street, respectively, the assessment upon the petitioner for the sewer in Armandale Street being $462.72, and assessments for the Apricot Street sewer amounting to $379.94. . In the Superior Court the…
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Two petitions, filed in the Superior Court on August 3, 1915, for revision by a jury under St. 1867, c. 106, § 4, of assessments made by the mayor and the board of aldermen of Worcester for sewers laid under the provisions of that statute in Armandale Street and in Apricot Street, respectively, the assessment upon the petitioner for the sewer in Armandale Street being $462.72, and assessments for the Apricot Street sewer amounting to $379.94. . In the Superior Court the petitions were referred to an auditor under an.agreement that his findings of fact should be final. As to the Armandale…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
These petitions were brought under St. 1867, c. 106, § 4; one to revise an assessment for a sewer laid in Armandale Street, and the other to revise two assessments for a sewer laid in Apricot Street. The cases were referred to an auditor under an agreement that his findings of fact should be final. Among the findings was one that there was included in the assessments “a proportionate part of the salary of the superintendent of sewers, clerical services, and other ordinary and usual overhead expenses of the sewer department.” He also found that in laying out the sewers the sewer department…
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- Workman v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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- Butler v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
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