New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Boston Terminal Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two petitions, filed December 24, 1897, and January 3, 1898, respectively by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Boston Electric Light Company against the Boston Terminal Company, for assessment of damages under St. 1896, c. 516, § 23. The first case was submitted in the Superior Court upon an agreed statement of facts to Bell, J., who found for the respondent and reported the case for determination by this court.
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Two petitions, filed December 24, 1897, and January 3, 1898, respectively by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Boston Electric Light Company against the Boston Terminal Company, for assessment of damages under St. 1896, c. 516, § 23. The first case was submitted in the Superior Court upon an agreed statement of facts to Bell, J., who found for the respondent and reported the case for determination by this court. If his finding was justified by the agreed facts, judgment was to be entered for the respondent; otherwise, the case was to stand for trial. In the second case,…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
These are petitions for an assessment of land damages under the St. 1896, c. 516, § 23. Each of the petitioners is a corporation established under the laws of Massachusetts, the first for the transmission of intelligence by electricity, and the second for the purpose of manufacturing, transmitting and supplying electricity for lighting. Each had conduits and wires in certain streets of the city of Boston when these streets were discontinued and taken for a terminal station under the St. 1896, c. 516. They were duly notified and had ample opportunity to remove their property in the streets, so…
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