Cochrane v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the Superior Court for a jury to assess the damages caused by the taking by the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners, in behalf of the Commonwealth, under St. 1895, c. 406, of the right to maintain a sewer through the petitioner’s land in Dedham. At the trial before Fessenden, J., the jury returned a verdict for the petitioner; and the respondent alleged exceptions to the admission of certain evidence, the nature of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The only exception presented in this case is that to the admission of the testimony of Kelsey L. Gilmore.
*300The petition was brought to recover damages sustained by-reason of a taking of the right to maintain a sewer through the land of the petitioner under the Metropolitan Sewer Act, St. 1895, c. 406. The land of the petitioner was situated on each side of a stream known as “ Mother Brook,” running through a channel originally constructed in 1640, and connecting the Charles and Neponset rivers, and through which a large amount of water ran from the Charles to the Neponset. The line of the…
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