§ 24-12-14. Jury trial on price of land.
Any owner of or persons entitled to any estate in or interested in any part of the land, or interest therein, so taken, who cannot agree with the authority for the price of the land, or interest therein, so taken in which he or she is interested may, within three (3) months after personal notice of the taking, or, if he or she have no personal notice, may within one year from the first publication of the copy of the resolution and statement, apply by petition to the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest therein, lies, setting forth the taking of his or her land or interest therein, and praying for an assessment of damages by a jury. Upon filing of the petition the court shall cause twenty (20) days’ notice of the pendency thereof to be given to the authority by serving the chairperson or vice chairperson of the authority with a certified copy thereof, and may proceed after notice to the trial thereof; and the trial shall determine all questions of fact relating to the value of the land, or interest therein, and the amount thereof, and judgment shall be entered upon the verdict of the jury and execution shall be issued therefor against the money so deposited in court and in default thereof against any other property of the authority. In case two (2) or more conflicting petitioners make claim to the same land, or to any interests therein, or to different interests in the same parcel of land, the court upon motion shall consolidate their several petitions for trial at the same time by the same jury, and may frame all necessary issues for the trial thereof; and all proceedings taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall take precedence over all other civil matters then pending before the court, or if the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest therein, lies, is not in session in the county, then the matter may be heard in the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol.
History of Section.P.L. 1954, ch. 3390, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-12-14.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 24-12 - Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
Section 24-12-1. - Definitions.
Section 24-12-2. - Authority created — Composition.
Section 24-12-3. - Appointment of authority members — Oath of office.
Section 24-12-4. - Officers of authority — Quorum — Reimbursement of expenses of members.
Section 24-12-6. - Grants or leases of state or municipal lands.
Section 24-12-7. - Revenue bonds not a debt of the state.
Section 24-12-8. - Expenses limited to funds provided.
Section 24-12-9. - Powers of authority.
Section 24-12-10. - Eminent domain power.
Section 24-12-11. - Filing of eminent domain resolution, plat, and statement of amount offered.
Section 24-12-12. - Taking of possession of lands.
Section 24-12-13. - Deposits in court on eminent domain — Notice to owners — Agreement as to price.
Section 24-12-14. - Jury trial on price of land.
Section 24-12-15. - Representation of incompetent landowners.
Section 24-12-16. - Repayment of excess deposits.
Section 24-12-17. - Expediting proceedings — Land devoted to public use — Outstanding interests.
Section 24-12-19. - Use of bond proceeds — Supplementary issues — Surplus proceeds.
Section 24-12-22. - Purchase of Jamestown-Newport ferry franchise.
Section 24-12-23. - Maintenance of Jamestown-Newport ferry service.
Section 24-12-24. - Pension fund for ferry company employees.
Section 24-12-25. - Trust agreement.
Section 24-12-26. - Power to collect tolls and charges — Gasoline and service concessions.
Section 24-12-27. - Amount of tolls.
Section 24-12-28. - Revenues pledged to sinking fund.
Section 24-12-29. - Trust funds — Trustee.
Section 24-12-30. - Remedies of bondholders.
Section 24-12-31. - Tax exemption.
Section 24-12-32. - Eligibility of bonds for investment.
Section 24-12-33. - Negotiability of bonds.
Section 24-12-34. - Refunding bonds.
Section 24-12-35. - Resolutions of authority.
Section 24-12-36. - Annual report and audit.
Section 24-12-37. - Penalty for nonpayment of toll — Toll violators and toll evaders.
Section 24-12-37.1. - [Repealed.]
Section 24-12-37.2. - Driver/registered owner liability.
Section 24-12-38. - Covenant against competition.
Section 24-12-39. - Transfer of projects to state — Dissolution of authority.
Section 24-12-40B. - Certain bonds guaranteed by state.
Section 24-12-40C. - Additional state guaranteed and revenue bonds for Newport Bridge.
Section 24-12-40D. - Additional state guaranteed bonds for Newport Bridge.
Section 24-12-40E. - State guaranteed bonds — General provision.
Section 24-12-41. - Severability.
Section 24-12-42. - Narragansett Bay Bridge authority obligations.
Section 24-12-44. - Construction of connecting highways.
Section 24-12-44A, 24-12-44B. - Repealed.
Section 24-12-45. - Liberal construction.
Section 24-12-46. - Severability.
Section 24-12-47. - Inconsistent laws inapplicable.
Section 24-12-48. - Provision for severance benefits.
Section 24-12-49. - Declaration of policy — Preventing economic harm to the town of Jamestown.
Section 24-12-50. - Relationship to department of transportation.
Section 24-12-51. - The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge.
Section 24-12-51.1. - Former Jamestown Verrazano Bridge — Public fishing area.
Section 24-12-52. - Succotash Road Bridge.
Section 24-12-53. - William E. Powers Memorial Bridge.
Section 24-12-54. - Alfred U. Menard Memorial Bridge.
Section 24-12-55. - The Claiborne Pell Bridge.
Section 24-12-56. - Honorable John F. Conley Bridge.
Section 24-12-57. - General George S. Greene Memorial Bridge.
Section 24-12-58. - Robert E. Rowan, P.E. Bridge.
Section 24-12-59. - Bondholders’ rights not to be affected by the state.