Valentino v. Commonwealth

The Commonwealth on April 10, 1946, took a strip of land, about 220 feet long and varying in width from six feet to nine feet, of the petitioners’ lot of land upon which were located a dwelling and a gasoline filling station. The filling station, a wooden structure twenty years old, rested on a cement foundation. It was twelve feet wide and thirteen feet deep. It was covered by a four sided roof, and a wooden canopy extended from the front roof toward the street and over two gasoline pumps set in a cement base. The taking came close to the outer edge of this cement base. There was evidence…