Haufler v. Commonwealth

In this eminent domain case we conclude that the Commonwealth is not now entitled to appellate review of a Superior Court judge’s ruling which excluded certain evidence in a trial before him without jury and that, in the normal course, a party to such a proceeding must wait until after the jury trial which has been requested pursuant to G. L. c. 79, § 22, as appearing in St. 1973, c. 983, § 1, before appellate review may be obtained. Because the procedural question is one of first impression, we exercise our discretion in this instance not to dismiss the appeal. We consider the admissibility…