WEBSTER THOMAS CO. v. COMMONWEALTH


336 Mass. 130 (1957)

143 N.E.2d 216

WEBSTER THOMAS COMPANY vs. COMMONWEALTH (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 31, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Fingold, Attorney General, & Vincent J. Celia, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth, submitted a brief.

Philip B. Buzzell, (Charles M. Ewing with him,) for Webster Thomas Company.

R. Gaynor Wellings, (Philip E. Tesorero with him,) for Theopold and another, trustees.

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


SPALDING, J.

These are three petitions for the assessment of damages alleged to have been caused to land and buildings of the petitioners by the construction of a portion of the Boston Central Artery. The cases were tried to a judge.

A summary of the relevant evidence is as follows: By an order of taking dated July 10, 1951, the Commonwealth, acting through its department of public works, made a taking which included parcels of land numbered 201, 207, 209...

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