Legal Opinion
Newman v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 4, 1957PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
The petitioners, trustees of Hi-Way Realty Trust, are the owners and the intervening petitioner, Shell Oil Company, is the lessee of a parcel of land in Somer-ville a portion of which on November 2, 1954, was taken for highway purposes by the Commonwealth, acting through the metropolitan district commission. This petition for the assessment of damages and the intervening petition have been reported by a judge of the Superior Court without decision upon a case stated. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 111.
The lease, dated November 7, 1952, for a term of twenty and one half years was from Hi-Way…
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