Whitman v. City of Providence
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Petition for assessment of damages in condemnation proceedings under Pub. Laws, cap. 1278. Heard on exceptions of respondent and sustained.
1Opinion of the Court
Sweetland, C, J.
This is a petition for the assessment by a jury of the petitioners’ damages caused by the taking of their farm in Scituate in condemnation proceedings under the provisions of Chapter 1278 of the Public Laws, 1915, entitled "An Act to furnish the City of Providence with a supply of pure water.”
The petition was heard before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury. The jury by its verdict assessed the petitioners’ damages at $4,792.50. The respondent duly filed a motion for new trial which was denied by the justice. The case is before us upon the respondent’s…
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