City of Woburn v. Adams
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. Condemnation proceedings by the City of Woburn against Edward E. B. Adams. From a judgment awarding defendant $19,000 for the land taken, the City.brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
This case relates to a taking of land by the city of Wobitrn under a Massachusetts statute and through the exercise of the right of eminent domain for the purpose of extending and enlarging its water' supply, and the question with which we are concerned arises under a petition by the landowner for an assessment of damages.
'The case was heard by Judge’Lowell without a jury, who found' that -the fair value of the petitioner’s premises taken by the respondr ent and the sum which the petitioner should recover was $19,000, and the exceptions which we are 'to consider have…
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- Yore v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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