A city or a town which, for any lawful purpose, takes up, alters or discontinues public ways in which the tracks of a company are located, shall not be liable in damages therefor to said company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, § 88
Liability of municipality for alteration or discontinuance of public way
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