New Haven & Northampton Co. v. Inhabitants of Northampton

1. The New Haven & Northampton Company having taken, for the purposes of their railroad, land belonging to the town of Northampton, the damages for such taking were estimated by the county commissioners, according to the Gen. Sts. c. 63, § 21. The railroad corporation, being dissatisfied with that estimate, applied to the county commissioners, under § 22, for a jury to assess the damages, the jury assessed them at a smaller sum, and the verdict was returned into the superior court, which gave judgment for the town for the amount of damages found by the jury and for costs of the original…