Newton Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority

This is a petition under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 79, § 14, by Newton Girl Scout Council, Inc. (a charitable corporation hereinafter called the Girl Scouts), for the assessment of damages caused to it by the taking of a wide strip across its camp land in Natick and Weston by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (hereinafter called the Authority) for the construction of a toll express motor vehicle highway and an underpass for local access, in accordance with St. 1952, c. 354. 1 The Authority had awarded damages of $3. 2 The Girl Scouts introduced testimony in- cheating damages of $46,710. The case…