Klein v. Commonwealth

It is alleged in this petition filed in the Superior Court in 1941 that in 1939 the Commonwealth took from the petitioner for State highway purposes two parcels of land in West Stockbridge; that in 1940 he “duly” filed a petition for the assessment of his damages; that at the trial of that petition the Commonwealth “offered to prove” an alleged agreement referred to as “exhibit 6” for settlement, *593of the damages; that the judge then submitted to the jury the question whether “exhibit-6” (which must have been admitted in evidence) had been filled out “in its present form” when it was signed by…