§ 24-12-14. Jury trial on price of land.
Any owner of or persons entitled to any estate in or interested in any part of the
land, or interest therein, so taken, who cannot agree with the authority for the price
of the land, or interest therein, so taken in which he or she is interested may, within
three (3) months after personal notice of the taking, or, if he or she have no personal
notice, may within one year from the first publication of the copy of the resolution
and statement, apply by petition to the superior court in and for the county in which
the land, or interest therein, lies, setting forth the taking of his or her land or
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§ 24-12-14. Jury trial on price of land.
Any owner of or persons entitled to any estate in or interested in any part of the
land, or interest therein, so taken, who cannot agree with the authority for the price
of the land, or interest therein, so taken in which he or she is interested may, within
three (3) months after personal notice of the taking, or, if he or she have no personal
notice, may within one year from the first publication of the copy of the resolution
and statement, apply by petition to the superior court in and for the county in which
the land, or interest therein, lies, setting forth the taking of his or her land or
interest therein, and praying for an assessment of damages by a jury. Upon filing
of the petition the court shall cause twenty (20) days' notice of the pendency thereof
to be given to the authority by serving the chairperson or vice chairperson of the
authority with a certified copy thereof, and may proceed after notice to the trial
thereof; and the trial shall determine all questions of fact relating to the value
of the land, or interest therein, and the amount thereof, and judgment shall be entered
upon the verdict of the jury and execution shall be issued therefor against the money
so deposited in court and in default thereof against any other property of the authority.
In case two (2) or more conflicting petitioners make claim to the same land, or to
any interests therein, or to different interests in the same parcel of land, the court
upon motion shall consolidate their several petitions for trial at the same time by
the same jury, and may frame all necessary issues for the trial thereof; and all proceedings
taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall take precedence over all other
civil matters then pending before the court, or if the superior court in and for the
county in which the land, or interest therein, lies, is not in session in the county,
then the matter may be heard in the superior court for the counties of Providence
and Bristol.