Tigar v. Mystic River Bridge Authority

This is a petition for the assessment of damages under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 79, for the taking of land 1 of the petitioner at 48-50 Second Street, Chelsea. The respondent made the taking for the construction of the bridge authorized by St. 1946, c. 562. The judge found for the petitioner in the amount of $8,900 with interest. The respondent’s exceptions are to the admission in evidence of certain testimony of one Breen, who was called as a witness by the petitioner and qualified as a real estate expert.

The parcel taken was at the corner of Poplar Street, had a frontage on Second Street, and…