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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1829

Inhabitants of Millbury v. Blackstone Canal Co.

Inhabitants of Millbury v. Blackstone Canal Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 6, 1829
25 Mass. 474

Inhabitants of Millbury v. Blackstone Canal Co.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The town not being owners of the land under the highway,1 and.through which the canal passes, are not entitled to any damages.

Petition dismissed: costs for the respondents.

See Tyler v. Hammond, 11 Pick. 214; United States v. Harris, 1 Sumner, 37; 3 Kent, (3d ed.) 432, 433; Mams v. Emerson, 6 Pick. 57.

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