WALKER v. ACTING DIRECTOR

[No. 35, September Term, 1978.]

284 Md. 357 (1979)

396 A.2d 262

THOMAS J. WALKER, JR., ET AL., TRUSTEES v. ACTING DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND PARKS, ETC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for reconsideration filed February 13, 1979.

Denied February 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Crocker, with whom were Piper & Marbury on the brief, for appellants.

Carl H. Lehmann, Special Attorney, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Nolan H. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.


SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

At issue in this appeal is the rate of interest which should be paid in a condemnation case when the State failed to satisfy a judgment prior to entering into possession of the land in question. We shall hold that the landowner was entitled to interest at the rate of 6% on the jury's verdict from the date of the judgment nisi until the award was paid into court.

Appellants, Thomas J. Walker, Jr., et al., Trustees...

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