Trustees of Boston University v. Commonwealth

On November 11, 1926, under St. 1926, c. 365, the Commonwealth took thirteen thousand two hundred four square feet of land belonging to the petitioner at the westerly corner of Chilmark Street and Bay State Road in Boston, together with “the area of thatch, flats and land under water appurtenant to said area” in *61the Charles River Basin. Two successive smaller takings of flats only were made later, but these exceptions do not involve them. Three petitions, based on these takings, were tried together. For the first taking, the jury awarded the petitioner $375,045.60. The Commonwealth alleged…