Walker v. Acting Director

At issue in this appeal is the rate of interest which should be paid in a condemnation case when the State failed to satisfy a judgment prior to entering into possession of the land in question. We shall hold that the landowner was entitled to interest at the rate of 6% on the jury’s verdict from the date of the judgment nisi until the award was paid into court.

Appellants, Thomas J. Walker, Jr., et al., Trustees (Walker), possessed land in Baltimore County which the State desired to acquire “for the purposes of establishing, expanding and completing the State Park known as Gunpowder State…