O'Malley v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed June 3, 1901, under St. 1895, c. 488, § 13, for damages from a change of grade and alteration of Boylston Street in the town of Clinton. In the Superior Court before Grashill, J. the jury assessed damages in the sum of $1,250.49; and the petitioner alleged exceptions, raising the questions stated by the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is a petition for the assessment of damages caused by a change of grade and other alterations in Boylston Street in Clinton, opposite to the petitioner’s land. St. 1895, c. 488, § 13. The case comes here on two exceptions taken by the petitioner on questions of evidence relating to damages.
1. An expert called by the petitioner having testified as to the va-Iue of the petitioner’s property and the depreciation of it, was asked by the petitioner whether he had taken into consideration in his appraisal the sales and the number of sales in that vicinity. The judge called attention to the…
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