Teele v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the Superior Court, for a jury to assess damages for the taking, on June 26, 1891, of land in that part of Boston called Dorchester for a public park, by the Park Commissioners of the city of Boston, under St. 1875, c. 185. At the trial, before Richardson, J., the jury returned a verdict for the petitioners; and they alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The petitioners’ exceptions mostly relate to the exclusion or admission of testimony offered for the purpose of affecting the estimate of damages. The land taken amounted to about sixteen acres, fronting on a street for about four hundred feet. Its character .was described to the jury by expert witnesses called by the petitioners, and its special adaptation to be used as a park was explained. The jury also took a view, and both parties put in evidence of sales of other land In the vicinity, and also called witnesses to testify to the value of the land in question. It is reasonably to be…
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