Inhabitants of Stoneham v. Commonwealth

This is a petition brought under the authority of St. 1912, c. 689, for damage sustained by the town of Stoneham by the taking on January 1, 1898, of Spot Pond by the Metropolitan Water Board under St. 1895, c. 488. A hearing was had before commissioners, whose determination as to damages when accepted by the court is to be final and conclusive. Selectmen of Danvers v. Commonwealth, 184 Mass. 502. See Brackett v. Commonwealth, 223 Mass. 119. The report of the commissioners contains a history of the title to Spot Pond and sets out the statutes, agreements, votes and conveyances with respect to…