Kiernan v. City of Salem

As a “private redeveloper,” the plaintiff purchased *182land from the Salem Redevelopment Authority in the area of the city’s urban renewal plan and built upon it. Later the city, in connection with the extension of a museum, a project within the renewal plan, discontinued a street adjacent to the plaintiff’s property. Upon analysis of the facts to be recounted, we agree with the Superior Court judge that on no suggested theory was the plaintiff entitled to compensation for the discontinuance, and we shall affirm the judgment for the defendants.

On February 23, 1967, the city of Salem, acting…