Palazzolo v. Rahill

This is a petition under the provisions of G.L. 1956 (1977 Reenactment) ch. 6 of tit. 37 and G.L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment) ch. 10 of tit. 24 for an assessment of damages resulting from a taking for highway and freeway purposes of a portion of the petitioners’ land by the respondent, and for severance damages to the remainder of said land. The case was heard before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury. The only issue was the assessment of damages. The jury awarded the petitioners the sum of $43,000 as compensation for the land taken and severance damages to the remainder of said…