Legal Opinion
Liberty Square Development Trust v. City of Worcester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 7, 2004PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
As in M.B. Claff, Inc. v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Auth., ante 596 (2004), the present appeal contends that the Superior Court judge erred in utilizing the statutory interest rate set by G. L. c. 79, § 37, to calculate the interest to be awarded as part of an eminent domain damages case. The landowner, Liberty Square Development Trust (Liberty), filed a motion on the day of trial asking the judge to determine the interest rate based on a “prudent investor” standard rather than on the statutory standard. The judge ruled that interest was to be calculated at the statutory rate. After entry of…
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