Central Water District Associates v. Cedar Meadow Lake Watershed District

The issue presented in this eminent domain case is whether the rate and method of calculating interest set by G. L. c. 79, § 37,1 as applied to the land taking in question, provides *469the plaintiff, Central Water District Associates (CWDA), with just and reasonable compensation as mandated by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and art. 10 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.* 2 Upon a motion for summary judgment by the defendant, Cedar Meadow Lake Watershed District (district),3 a Superior Court judge determined that CWDA did not meet its initial burden of showing that…