Legal Opinion
Eldredge v. Board of Selectmen
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 4, 1984PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
More than five years after an eminent domain taking by the selectmen of Brewster, substantially beyond the two-year limitation period for damage petitions then prescribed by G. L. c. 79, § 16, the plaintiffs brought a complaint to recover an award the selectmen had made on account of the land to which the plaintiffs claim title. The question for decision is whether the plaintiffs’ claim is time-barred, as a Superior Court judge decided, or whether it has life under G. L. c. 79, § 41.
*503The record below was established in accordance with Mass.R.A.P. 8(d), as appearing in 378 Mass. 934 (1979), and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GoveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Wine v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Whitehouse v. Town of SherbornMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Devaney V. Town of WatertownMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Willar v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Locator Services Group, Ltd. v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Caporale v. Board of SelectmenMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
- French v. WeldMassachusetts Superior Court · 1995
- Govoni v. Town of AcushnetMassachusetts Superior Court · 1995
- Richardson v. Board of Selectmen of BlackstoneMassachusetts Superior Court · 2010
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