Legal Opinion

Worcester Redevelopment Authority v. Department of Housing & Community Development

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided August 4, 1999No. 97-P-1955PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.

At the time real estate between Charles Street and Howard Street in Worcester (locus) was taken by eminent domain, there were on it oil storage tanks above and below the ground, together with pumps, valves, meters, and connecting pipes. The question in dispute is whether that equipage was part of the real estate or was personal property belonging to a tenant who, if that were so, was entitled to relocation compensation under G. L. c. 79A. We decide, as did the State Department of Housing and Community Development and a judge of the Superior Court, that the tenant owned the storage tanks and *526re…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. New Boston Garden Corp. v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  2. Arnone v. Commissioner of the Department of Social ServicesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
  3. Newman v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
  4. Pyfrom v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
  5. Sgro v. Getty Petroleum Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1994

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