Legal Opinion
Holbrook v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 8, 1958PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
This petition for the assessment of damages, brought pursuant to G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 79, has been reported upon questions of law following a verdict for the petitioner. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 111.
Prior to June 6, 1955, the petitioner was the owner of a tract of land in Palmer containing about thirteen acres developed as a recreation area. There were a club house and a bath house. A dam and dike had been erected to impound waters of a brook to form a pond, a filter bed, and a swimming pool.
On June 6 the respondent, acting pursuant to St. 1952, c. 354, made a valid taking in fee of about…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Newton Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Massachusetts Turnpike AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Epstein v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Tudor v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1860
- Belkus v. City of BrocktonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Wine v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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3Cited by10 opinions
- R. J. Widen Company v. The United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Massachusetts Turnpike Authority v. Perini Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- McSorley v. Town of HancockMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Betty Corporation v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Boston Edison Company v. Campanella & Cardi Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
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