Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court May 19, 1916 (Commonwealth v. Clay)

Braley, J.

If the ordinance for the violation of which he has been prosecuted is valid, the defendant concedes that the verdict of guilty must stand. By the provisions of the deed under which the city of Salem acquired title, the land granted was to be used “solely for a city way or public square or market and that no build*273ings are ever to be erected thereon.