Kyle v. Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency

This petition filed pursuant to G. L. 1956, §45-32-34, as amended by P. L. 1964, chap. 177, sec. 1, seeks an assessment of damages for real estate taken by the respondent for redevelopment purposes. A jury in the Superior Court returned a verdict of $16,000 plus interest, and thereafter the trial justice granted the respondent’s motion for a new trial. The petitioner 1 appealed, and assigns as error the trial justice’s ruling on the motion for a new trial.

The only issue in the case was the fair market value of the condemned property. It consisted of a 5,460 square-foot parcel of land on which…