Minot v. City of Boston

This was a petition for damages on account of the taking of an easement for sewerage purposes in a certain strip of land of the petitioners, under St. 1897, c. 426. The taking was made and completed by record on October 12, 1901, and this fact distinctly appeared at the trial. There was a -trial by jury and a verdict for the petitioners was rendered on February 17, 1908. The evidence introduced at the trial all related to the value of the land and its adaptation for valuable uses at the time of the taking. In the charge to the jury nothing was said either “ in relation to the matter of…