Legal Opinion
Epstein v. Boston Housing Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 1, 1944PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is a petition for the assessment of damages resulting from the taking by the respondent by eminent' domain of three houses and the contiguous lots of land on which they were situated, owned by the petitioners, in Boston. See St. 1938, c. 484, inserting in G. L. c. 121 new sections 26L, 26R, 26S and 26T; Allydonn Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Housing Authority, 304 Mass. 288; Johnson-Foster Co. v. D’Amore Construction Co. 314 Mass. 416.
The assessed value of the property taken, for the three years preceding the taking, was $7,000. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 79, § 35. Expert witnesses called by the…
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