Thomas B. Gray, Inc. v. Providence Redevelopment Agency

This is a petition to assess damages for the condemnation on February 14, 1969, of the petitioner’s property located on North Main Street in the city of Providence. After a jury had been impaneled, but before any evidence was presented, the trial justice held a preliminary evidentiary hearing in the jury’s absence. Following that hearing the trial justice found that (1) at or about the time of the taking there had been sales in the open market between willing buyers and sellers of properties substantially similar and comparable to that taken, and (2) the availability of that evidence…