Cushing v. Nantasket Beach Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the Superior Court for a jury to assess the damages caused by the taking by the respondent of land of the petitioners in Hull. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Mason, J., the jury returned a verdict for the petitioners; and the respondent alleged exceptions to the exclusion of certain evidence, the nature of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The respondent has argued the exception to the exclusion of the printed document entitled, “ 48th Congress; 1st Session; Senate Ex. Doc. No. 74;” and the exception to the exclusion of the release of a part of the land described in the petition, which was tendered at the trial. The other exceptions are waived.
1. The Secretary of War, on January 24, 1884, transmitted to the Senate of the United States a letter from the chief of engineers, submitting copies of reports made by Major Raymond of the corps of engineers, in 1882 and 1888, and this letter, with the accompanying papers, when received…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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