VERROCHI v. COMMONWEALTH


394 Mass. 633 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 366

JOSEPH N. VERROCHI & another, trustees, vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. McLaughlin, Jr. (Theodore E. Daiber with him) for the plaintiffs.

Elizabeth Bowen Donovan, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, & LYNCH, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

In 1981 the Legislature amended G.L.c. 79, § 37, by St. 1981, c. 800, § 3 (1981 amendment), to provide that damages assessed in land taking actions under the eminent domain statute, G.L.c. 79, §§ 1-45, shall bear interest at the rate of 10% a year from the date as of which they are assessed until paid.2 Prior to the passage of this 1981 amendment, G.L. c. 79, &...

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