Caporale v. Board of Selectmen

Prescinding from the question whether the addition of the locus by vote of the town meeting of Billerica to an eminent domain taking described in the warrant for the annual 1970 meeting impermissibly exceeded the scope of the warrant, the challenge made by the plaintiff, Caporale, to the town’s *913taking of the locus is barred by the limitations period established by G. L. c. 79, § 16, as appearing in St. 1962, c. 797, § 1. That period was two years from the time the claimant’s rights to eminent domain damages vested.1

The case was submitted on briefs. Patricia A. Lambert & Karen Dean-Smith for…