Nichols v. Commonwealth

This is a petition for damages under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 79, 1 resulting from the taking of land in Danvers for the construction of a limited access State highway by establishing a new location of an existing highway known as the Newburyport Turnpike. The taking was made by the department of public works of the Commonwealth under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 81, § 7C, inserted by St. 1943, c. 397, as later amended in certain respects not here material.

Before the taking the petitioners were the owners of a parcel of land which comprised approximately 6 acres with a frontage of…