Legal Opinion
Ocean Road Partners v. State
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 15, 1992No. 91-616-AppealPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHEA, Justice.
This matter comes before the Supreme Court on appeal by the State of Rhode Island from a judgment entered in Superior Court awarding Ocean Road Partners $15.5 million plus interest as compensation for the condemnation of 44.6 acres of land in Narragansett, Rhode Island. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the judgment of the Superior Court and remand for a new trial.
The events giving rise to this litigation began on November 9, 1984. On that date Ocean Road Partners (or plaintiffs), a limited partnership controlled by the Downing Properties Company, purchased 67 acres…
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