FORD v. WORCESTER


335 Mass. 723 (1957)

142 N.E.2d 327

JOHN P. FORD & another vs. CITY OF WORCESTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

May 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Proctor, for the petitioners.

Henry P. Grady, Assistant City Solicitor, for the respondent.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, COUNIHAN, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


WHITTEMORE, J.

This is a petition under G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 79 to assess damages for the taking of real estate in Holden in September, 1953. The petitioners saved exceptions to certain rulings excluding evidence. There was error.

1. The trial judge excluded the opinion of Charles W. Bowker, Junior, of the fair market value of the petitioners' land at the time of the taking. The objection was based on the ground that...

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