City of Bristol v. Milano, No. 572222 (Dec. 1, 1998)

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HON. WILLIAM C. BIELUCH, JUDGE TRIAL REFEREE.

This proceeding is an appeal from the assessment of damages by condemnation that has come to the court on the wrong procedural tracks, to which it had been directed by the court clerk on instruction from the civil court manager of the court operations division. As the initial result of this misdirection, the title of this action is the reverse of what it should be. It is to this procedural gaffe that the court must first direct its attention.

On April 14, 1997, the Bristol city council, under the authority of Special Acts 1996, No. 96-12, granting…