Blaney v. City of Salem

This is a petition for the assessment of damages caused by the respondent’s taking of flats belonging to the petitioner, under St. 1886, c. 324, and St. 1887, c. 409. At the trial the petitioner was allowed to testify to “ the best plan to develop the flats taken, to get the most out of them,” which he stated was to build stores on them, stating modifications in the mode of building if fifteen feet adjoining the next estate had to be left open, and if the dock was not filled up. The respondent excepted.

It hardly is denied that, if the flats had been unencumbered and the petitioner had had a…