SKYLINE HOMES, INC. v. COMMONWEALTH


362 Mass. 684 (1972)

290 N.E.2d 160

SKYLINE HOMES, INC. vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

December 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Newell for the plaintiff.

Garrett H. Byrne, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (Kevin P. Curry, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & KAPLAN, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

In January, 1965, the petitioner purchased about 200 acres of unimproved land located on the easterly and westerly sides of Pond Street in Franklin, Norfolk County. The area, in a rural setting with scattered houses, was zoned primarily for residential use. In September, 1965, the Commonwealth acting through the Department of Public Works took a portion of the petitioner's land for highway purposes (Route 495): 12.58 acres for the highway proper, and an...

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