Boston & Albany Railroad v. Inhabitants of Charlton

The directors of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company presented a petition to the Superior Court, under the first section of St. 1890, c. 428, for the abolition of three grade crossings in the town of Charlton, and, as appears from the report of the presiding justice, commissioners were duly appointed who reported “ in favor of the abolition of said crossings, and the way and manner of changing and separating the grades at said crossings, and their report was duly accepted by the court. In carrying out the provisions of said report it was necessary to take the land of various persons whose…