Childs v. New Haven & Northampton Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the county commissioners for a sheriff’s jury, to assess the damages sustained by the taking by the respondent of the petitioner’s land in Deerfield for a railroad location. The jury awarded the petitioner a certain sum, which verdict was accepted, and confirmed by the Superior Court; and the respondent appealed to this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDeyens, J.
1. The only objection to the record now insisted on is that the warrant for a jury did not have annexed to or" made a part of it the adjudication of the county commissioners on that portion of the original petition which prayed that the respondent might be ordered to construct and maintain an opening through the embankment constructed on the petitioner’s land, in such manner that the petitioner would be enabled thereby to have more convenient access to the portions of his land situated upon the easterly side thereof. We do not consider this to have been necessary. The warrant sufficiently set…
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