Legal Opinion
Boyce v. Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical School District
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 23, 1979PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
On August 31,1970, the defendant, Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical School District (district), recorded an order pursuant to the provisions of G. L. c. 792 which made a taking of the plaintiffs’ property for public purposes connected with the school district and awarded the plaintiffs damages under G. L. c. 79, § 6, in the amount of $35,000. More than two years later, on September 28, 1972, the plaintiffs filed a petition in the Superior Court in which they challenged the validity of the taking3 and also sought that "damages sustained ... by said taking be assessed by a jury as…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wine v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Burnham v. Mayor & Aldermen of BeverlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Jordan v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- L'Huilier v. City of FitchburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Nicklas v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Whitehouse v. Town of SherbornMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Montague Economic Development & Industrial Corp.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
- Eldredge v. Board of SelectmenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. Quincy Memorial Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Smith v. Town of MillburyMassachusetts Superior Court · 2006