Section 36. The commissioner shall assess and order the petitioner to pay all damages sustained by any person or town by reason of the alterations, changes of grade or repairs ordered by him, and any person or town aggrieved by such assessment may, on application within one year from the entry of such order, have the damages assessed by a jury in the manner provided in chapter seventy-nine.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 253 sec. 36

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.