McIntyre v. Boston Redevelopment Authority

The plaintiff fell and was injured while walking on East India Row, which is described in the complaint as a public highway owned and controlled by the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals, claiming error in special verdict question 1A, and in the judge’s refusal to give certain instructions with regard to the defendant’s obligations as the owner of land affected by an easement taken by the city of Boston for a public way.

Many of the underlying facts are undisputed. In November, 1971, the city of Boston, through the public improvement commission, at…