Legal Opinion
Betty Corporation v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 9, 1968PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
This is a petition to determine the damages caused by a railroad grade crossing elimination. Betty Corporation (Betty) recovered a verdict against each respondent. After a trial which ran from May 12 to June 11, 1965, the jury assessed damages at $60,000. Motions for a new trial were denied on condition that Betty remit $25,000 of the verdict. Betty remitted the required amount. The case is here on an outline bill of exceptions. The long record appendix contains excerpts from a 700 page transcript. The affected area is shown on the annexed sketch plan.
On May 5, 1959, the commissioners of the…
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