O'Donnell v. State

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case arises out of the condemnation for highway purposes by the Director of Public Works (director) of approximately 2.3 acres of real property owned by James M. and Eleanor O’Donnell (the O’Donnells) and located in the town of North Smithfield on Pound Hill Road. This case came before us previously on appeal from a judgment entered in favor of the O’Donnells. O’Donnell v. State, 117 R.I. 660, 370 A.2d 233 (1977). At that time the judgment was vacated and the matter remanded to the Superior Court for a new trial. Since in our previous opinion the facts of the…