Speedy Muffler King, Inc. v. Flanders

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on the appeal of Wendall J. Flanders, Director of the Department of Transportation (director), from a judgment entered by a justice of the Superior Court permanently enjoining him from interfering with an access driveway constructed by Speedy Muffler King, Inc. (Speedy), for the purpose of ingress to and egress from its business premises. We reverse said judgment. The facts underlying this action as disclosed by the record are as follows.

On September 9, 1959, the State of Rhode Island condemned a large portion of privately owned real estate…