Malden Equipment Corp. v. Malden Redevelopment Authority

The respondent in this proceeding to assess damages for the taking of land in Malden on December 31, 1962, has excepted to rulings that restricted the respondent in its effort to show that the taken parcel was enhanced in value due to the prior announcement of the public improvement, the Suffolk Square-Faulkner Urban Renewal Project, of which the taking was a part, and that the petitioner’s evidence of value reflected this enhancement. There was error.

The respondent was wrongly denied the opportunity to cross-examine the petitioner’s expert as to possible enhancement. The expert had testified…