Sawyer v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Worcester on June 15, 1899, of copartners doing business under the name of H. O. Sawyer and Company, alleging that on April 1, 1895, the petitioners owned an established business of dealers in general merchandise and of furnishing undertakers, on land in the town of West Boylston, and that their business had been decreased in value and destroyed by the carrying out of St. 1895, c. 488, and praying for the…
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Petition, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Worcester on June 15, 1899, of copartners doing business under the name of H. O. Sawyer and Company, alleging that on April 1, 1895, the petitioners owned an established business of dealers in general merchandise and of furnishing undertakers, on land in the town of West Boylston, and that their business had been decreased in value and destroyed by the carrying out of St. 1895, c. 488, and praying for the determination of their damages. In a decision reported in 178 Mass. 267, it was decided that a petition to the Superior Court…
1Opinion of the Court
Knowlton, O. J.
The petitioners, as copartners, on the first day of April, 1895, owned and were carrying on in West Boylston an established business, namely, that of proprietors of a store and dealers in general merchandise. Their partnership agreement was to expire on January 21, 1899. They bring this petition under the St. 1895, c. 488, § 14, to recover damages for diminution in value of their business by the carrying out of the act to provide for a metropolitan water supply. The case was referred to commissioners under the above section, and it is reserved for this court upon the questions…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Parker v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Earle v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Rooney v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Copson v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Newell v. ChesleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re the Board of Water Supply Ex Rel. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Taber v. BreckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Crosier v. KelloggMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- In re the Board of Water SupplyNew York Supreme Court · 1913