United States Gypsum Co. v. Mystic River Bridge Authority

This is a petition for the assessment of land damages alleged to have been sustained by the petitioner by the construction of a high level toll bridge by the respondent over the Mystic Biver connecting Chelsea and the Charlestown district of Boston. The jury awarded damages in the sum of $262,950, of which they found $50,550 was due to damages resulting from the taking of an easement in the form of an air space over a part of the petitioner’s land and $212,400 was on account of damages resulting from the location of one of the piers of the bridge. The case is herb on various exceptions of the…