§ 24-6-4. Jury trial on damages. Any person aggrieved by the order or decree of a town council awarding damages on the abandoning of a highway or driftway, or any part thereof, may within one year after the making of the award apply by petition to the superior court for the county in which the land lies, setting forth the action of the town council and praying for an assessment of his or her damages against the town by a jury. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall cause twenty (20) days' notice of the pendency thereof to be given to the town treasurer of the town by serving him or her with a certified copy thereof, and may proceed after the notice to the trial thereof, and the trial shall determine all questions of fact relating to the damages sustained by the petitioner, and the amount thereof, and judgment shall be entered upon the verdict of the jury, and thereupon the petitioner shall be entitled to all the remedies conferred in and by §§ 45-15-6 and 45-15-7.
History of Section. (P.L. 1903, ch. 1106, § 5; C.P.A. 1905, § 1222; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 33; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 33; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 33; G.L. 1956, § 24-6-4.)
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