Isserlis v. Director of Public Works

This is a petition for the assessment of damages resulting from condemnation of the petitioners’ land brought pursuant to G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §37-6-18, and G. L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §24-10-2. The petition was tried to a justice of the Superior Court sitting without a jury, who awarded damages to the petitioners in the amount of $148,260. The petitioners thereafter moved that the court order interest added to the amount of the award at the rate of eight per cent per annum from the time of the taking or, in the alternative, from the time of commencement of the action in accordance…