Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. v. City of Boston

This is a petition for the assessment of damages alleged to have been caused to a leasehold estate belonging to the petitioner by a change in the grade of Chelsea Bridge Avenue so called. Chelsea Bridge Avenue connects Charlestown and Chelsea. The premises leased by the petitioner are a part of the Mystic Docks so called. The tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad crossed the avenue at grade to the docks. The change of grade consisted in elevating the avenue twenty-two feet above its former level by means of a viaduct or bridge which permitted the free passage of cars underneath it. The…