Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority v. Ham Estate

The land taken by the plaintiff was a strip for the New Hampshire approach to the interstate bridge. This strip extended northeasterly from Maplewood Avenue and varied in width from one hundred to one hundred and twenty feet. It cut diagonally across the Ham premises and had a mean length of something over five hundred feet.

On the Ham premises there were several buildings: (1) North of the approach, a two-apartment house, which was left intact, and from which a driveway was laid without cost to the late Mr. Ham. This driveway extended to the approach, and on the opposite side of the approach…