WRIGHT v. COMMONWEALTH


351 Mass. 666 (1967)

223 N.E.2d 666

VICTORIA P. WRIGHT vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

February 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Richard Drennan for the petitioner.

Robert L. Meade, Special Assistant Attorney General (Thomas H. Heaton, III, Legal Assistant to the Attorney General, with him), for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

Trial of this petition under G.L.c. 79 for assessment of damages in the taking of land in Savoy had the unusual result of a verdict for the Commonwealth. The petitioner's exceptions are to the admission in evidence of a so called "Land Damage Agreement," to the denial of her motion to strike that agreement from evidence, and to the allowance of the Commonwealth's motion to amend its answer during trial.

The petition was filed on January 30, 1959...

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