Thompson v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the Superior Court, for a jury to assess damages for the taking of land in Boston, on December 27, 1879, for the Back Bay Park. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Deioey, J., the defendant called Thomas Hills, chairman of the board of assessors of the city of Boston, who testified that in his opinion the petitioners’ land, in December, 1879, was worth ten to twelve cents per foot.
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Petition to the Superior Court, for a jury to assess damages for the taking of land in Boston, on December 27, 1879, for the Back Bay Park. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Deioey, J., the defendant called Thomas Hills, chairman of the board of assessors of the city of Boston, who testified that in his opinion the petitioners’ land, in December, 1879, was worth ten to twelve cents per foot. On cross-examination, the petitioners asked him if he assessed the land taken in 1878 and 1879, and he replied that he did not, because he supposed that the city had taken it in 1877. The…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The respondent called as a witness the chairman of the board of assessors of the city of Boston, who testified as to the value of the land in controversy. In cross-examination, the petitioners asked him if he assessed the adjoining land of the petitioners in May, 1878, and May, 1879, and at what price. The court excluded the question, and the petitioners excepted.
In order to determine the value of land taken for public use, it is sometimes competent to put in evidence sales of adjoining or neighboring land; but this can only be done when the situation and condition of the two pieces of land…
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