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COLE v. BOSTON EDISON CO.

338 Mass. 661 (1959)

157 N.E.2d 209

E. FRANCES COLE & another vs. BOSTON EDISON COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 9, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Frederick, for Boston Edison Company.

Francis V. Matera, for Massachusetts Turnpike Authority.

Morris Shapiro, for the petitioners.

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

WHITTEMORE, J.

This is a petition for the assessment of damages, under G.L.c. 79, for the taking by the respondent Boston Edison Company (Edison) of an easement for purposes of transmission of electricity. The chief issue presented by the respondents' exceptions is whether the prior value of the petitioners' land for purposes of determining the damages is its value just prior to the taking of the easement on December 27, 1955, or its value prior to the taking by the...

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