Legal Opinion
Lancy v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 21, 1904PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This case comes before us on a report from the court of land registration. The question is as to the validity of the title of the petitioner to a tract of land, a part of which was taken for a public street and a part for a railroad station of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, in connection with the abolition of grade crossings on the line of the railroad. The taking in each case was under the St. 1896, c. 321, and the first question raised is whether this statute is constitutional.
The petitioner contends that because the statute purports to authorize commissioners…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Inhabitants of Worcester County v. Mayor of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Rich v. BraxtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- New London Northern Railroad v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Selectmen of Norwood v. New York & New England RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- City of Boston v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Milford Water Co. v. Inhabitants of HopkintonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Burr v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Jones v. Town of Great BarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Barnes v. PeckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- City of Boston v. Boston Port Development Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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