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· 7/5/1979

Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 392 N.E.2d 829
  • 378 Mass. 381
  • 1979 Mass. LEXIS 863

How courts have described this case

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

  • Condemnee whose property taken for drainage easement in connection with highway project entitled to recover for increased noise due to highway traffic.
  • landowner entitled to “all incidental effects of the public improvement which impair the value of the property”
  • line separating those persons who do and those who do not recover for damages resulting from a public improvement “has been fixed by the Legislature on the basis of whether any part of their land has been taken for the project”

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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Kaplan, Wilkins, Abrams

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