Williams v. Parker
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDIOIAL COURT OF THE STATE OF Massachusetts. On May 23,1898, the legislature of Massachusetts passed the. following act: “ Sec. 1. Any building now being built or hereafter to be built, rebuilt or altered in the city of Boston, upon any land abutting on St. James avenue, between Clarendon street and Dartmouth street, or upon land at the corner of Dartmouth street and Huntington avenue, now occupied by the Pierce building, so-called, or upon land…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME JUDIOIAL COURT OF THE STATE OF Massachusetts. On May 23,1898, the legislature of Massachusetts passed the. following act: “ Sec. 1. Any building now being built or hereafter to be built, rebuilt or altered in the city of Boston, upon any land abutting on St. James avenue, between Clarendon street and Dartmouth street, or upon land at the corner of Dartmouth street and Huntington avenue, now occupied by the Pierce building, so-called, or upon land abutting on Dartmouth street, now occupied by the Boston Public Library building, or upon land at the corner of Dartmouth…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
Counsel for plaintiffs in error state in their brief that “ the single question in the case is, substantially, whether it is consistent with due process of law for a court to decree the actual destruction of property under a statute of eminent domain by which the State takes certain rights in it, making provision for compensation only by giving the owners a right of action against a city for their damages, while the city, which had no part in the taking, denies the validity of the provision for compensation, upon which the validity of the taking depends, and - refuses to pay any damages…
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