In re City of Boston

Decision Date15 February 1916
Citation111 N.E. 412,223 Mass. 36
PartiesIn re CITY OF BOSTON.
CourtUnited States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court

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Appeal from Supreme Judicial Court, Suffolk County.

Application to the Supreme Court by the City of Boston under St. 1911, c. 581, for appointment of commissioners to apportion the cost of construction and maintenance of certain bridges between the cities of Boston, Chelsea, and Revere. On a previous reserved case (211 Mass. 468,109 N. E. 389), a final decree was ordered modifying and confirming the report of the commissioners. From the final decree entered in accordance with such order, the cities of Chelsea and Revere appeal and move to amend the rescript. Motion denied, and decree amended and affirmed.

Andrew A. Casassa, of Revere, for appellants.

Jos. P. Lyons, of Boston, for appellee.

RUGG, C. J.

This case was considered at large in 221 Mass. 468,1 whereby it was ordered that a final decree be entered apportioning the costs of the construction, repairs and maintenance of Chelsea Bridge and of Meridian Street Bridge between the cities of Boston, Chelsea and Revere in certain percentage in accordance with the report of a commission. Thereafter, a final decree was entered, from which appeals were claimed by the city of Chelsea and by the city of Revere.

There can be no appeal from final decree or judgment entered substantially in accordance with a mandate or rescript of an appellate court. Lincoln v. Eaton, 132 Mass. 63, 69; Nashua & Lowell R. R. Corp. v. Boston & Lowell R. R. Corp., 169 Mass. 157, 162, 47 N. E. 606;Day v. Mills, 213 Mass. 585, 587, 100 N. E. 1113;Com. v. Phelps, 210 Mass. 360, 97 N. E. 764;Illinois v. Illinois Central R. R. Co., 184 U. S. 77, and cases cited at 92, 22 Sup. Ct. 300, 46 L. Ed. 440;U. S. v. Camou, 184 U. S. 572,22 Sup. Ct. 515,46 L. Ed. 694;U. S. v. New York Indians, 173 U. S. 464,19 Sup. Ct. 464,43 L. Ed. 769. See Williams v. Clarke, 182 Mass. 316, 65 N. E. 419.

Where the form of the final decree or judgment is not embodied in the rescript or mandate, in appropriate cases examination will be made on appeal of the subsequent record, in order to ascertain whether it is in accordance with the mandate or rescript. If the decree or judgment is in accordance with the rescript or mandate, ordinarily the appeal will be dismissed and the final decree or judgment will stand as if there had been no appeal.

In the case at bar, the form of the decree was not set out in the opinion or rescript. The substance of the rescript was in these words:

‘The report of the commissioners is confirmed except as to the cost of repairs and maintenance of Chelsea Bridge; as to such repairs and such maintenance the alternative finding whereby percentages are apportioned to the city of Chelsea and to the town of Revere is to be substituted, and as thus modified the report is confirmed.’

Necessarily the final decree is somewhat complicated. It is assailed in these particulars:

1. It is urged that the assessment to the cities of Chelsea and Revere should be confined ‘to the cost of maintenance of the north draw in Chelsea Bridge and should not extend to ‘the cost of maintenance of the whole of Chelsea Bridge.’ The alternative award of the commissioners upon this point, which was affirmed by this court when the case was here before, is that:

+--------------------------------------------------------------+
                ¦”With respect to the cost of maintenance of     ¦             ¦
                +------------------------------------------------+-------------¦
                ¦said Chelsea Bridge we also think it just and   ¦             ¦
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                ¦equitable and apportion upon said city of Boston¦60 per cent. ¦
                +------------------------------------------------+-------------¦
                ¦And we decide that the Town of                  ¦             ¦
                +------------------------------------------------+-------------¦
                ¦Revere shall contribute                         ¦5 per cent.  ¦
                +------------------------------------------------+-------------¦
                ¦And that the city of Chelsea shall              ¦             ¦
                +------------------------------------------------+-------------¦
                ¦contribute                                      ¦35 per cent. ¦
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