Webster v. City of Lowell

By the Court.

The petitioner’s intestate, Mary E. Webster, was the owner of real estate situated on a public street. Before her death the city of Lowell discontinued the street. The only question which seems to be raised in this case is whether the administrator is the proper party to petition the county commissioners or the Superior Court for a jury to assess the damages for the discontinuance.

F. T. G-reenhalge, for the petitioner. IV". D. Pratt Q. S. IAlley, for the respondent, submitted the case without argument.

The claim for damages is a chose in action, which the owner in her lifetime…