Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court April 1, 1966 (Burchell v. Commonwealth)

Wilkins, C.J.

The petitioners, husband and wife, bring this petition for the assessment of damages because of a partial taking for highway construction on December 27, 1960, of about five acres of a parcel of their land in Haver-hill containing about sixteen and one-half acres. The jury returned a verdict of $2,500 for the petitioners.