SPARROW CHISHOLM CO. v. BOSTON


327 Mass. 64 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 172

SPARROW CHISHOLM CO. vs. CITY OF BOSTON, 144 Essex Street Corp., intervener (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 14, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.E. Chisholm, for Sparrow Chisholm Co.

Lee M. Friedman, (L.M. Levinson with him,) for 144 Essex Street Corp.

No argument nor brief for the city of Boston.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, WILLIAMS, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


WILLIAMS, J.

The land with the building thereon numbered 140-144 Essex Street in Boston was taken on September 15, 1947, by the city of Boston in the exercise of its power under the authority of St. 1946, c. 474, to provide public off street parking facilities. At the time of the taking the premises were owned in fee by 144 Essex Street Corp., hereinafter called Essex, and a portion of the building was occupied by Sparrow Chisholm Co., hereinafter called Chisholm...

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