Nonni v. Commonwealth

This petition is for the assessment of damages caused by a taking of land in Middleborough for highway purposes by the Commonwealth. G. L. c. 79. The jury returned a verdict of SI,800, which the petitioners, Pat F. Nonni, Edward F. Palladino, and Rocco Palladino, trustees of the Palnon Realty Trust, contend is inadequate. Their exceptions are to rulings on evidence and to the charge.

The taking, made on February 14, 1962, was of a 300 foot strip, containing 10.32 acres, extending across and bisecting the property, leaving approximately fifty acres to the north and seventy acres to the south…