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· 12/12/1956

Newton Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority

Citations

  • 138 N.E.2d 769
  • 335 Mass. 189
  • 1956 Mass. LEXIS 602

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • specialized use of Girl Scout camping land constituted special circumstances that warranted use of DRC method to value taking of part of land by eminent domain
  • “ [I]t is proper to determine market value from the intrinsic value of the property and from its value for the special purposes for which it is adopted and used” in cases “where ordinary methods will produce a miscarriage of justice”

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Judges: Cutteb, Wilkins, Ronan, Counihan, Whittemore, Cutter

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