Dwight Printing Co. v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the Superior Court, filed October 18,1875, under the St. of 1846, c. 167, § 6,* for the assessment of damages sustained by the petitioner from the taking of the waters of Sudbury River by the respondent, under the St. of 1872, c. 177. The court appointed a committee of three freeholders, who heard the parties, and made an award, in which they stated the claims of the petitioner and certain facts agreed and admitted at the hearing before them, and determined that…
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Petition to the Superior Court, filed October 18,1875, under the St. of 1846, c. 167, § 6,* for the assessment of damages sustained by the petitioner from the taking of the waters of Sudbury River by the respondent, under the St. of 1872, c. 177. The court appointed a committee of three freeholders, who heard the parties, and made an award, in which they stated the claims of the petitioner and certain facts agreed and admitted at the hearing before them, and determined that the petitioner had sustained no damages in its property by the said taking. In the Superior Court, the award was…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
The manifest object and the necessary effect of the provisions of the Boston Wafer Act are that the committee of freeholders, appointed by the Superior Court, should act summarily and informally, and return simply the amount of damages, if any, which they find that the petitioner has sustained j that their award should not be subject to revision in matter of law by the Superior Court, or by this court on appeal, like an ordinary award of arbitrators returned into court; and that either party, dissatisfied with the award of the committee, and desiring a more regular and deliberate…
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