Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 3, 1967PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
The Commonwealth seeks under G. L. c. 79 the assessment of damages caused by the Authority’s eminent domain taking of premises formerly occupied by the Irvington Street armory in Boston. In Commonwealth v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authy. 349 Mass. 1, decided April 6, 1965, we held that the Authority was bound to pay damages to the Commonwealth for taking the locus, thus placing the burden of its acquisition for road purposes upon the portion of the public using the toll turnpike rather than upon the general body of taxpayers.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Newton Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Massachusetts Turnpike AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Epstein v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Assessors of Quincy v. Boston Consolidated Gas Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- United States v. Benning Housing Corporation, and Unknown OwnersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Simon v. SolomonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Trustees of the Stigmatine Fathers, Inc. v. Secretary of Administration & FinanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Trinity Church in the City v. John Hancock Mut. L. Ins.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Town of Oxford v. Oxford Water Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Correia v. New Bedford Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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