E. & F. Construction Co. v. Ives

The questions now reserved to us arise by virtue
of a motion of the plaintiff asking for an award
of additional interest on a judgment rendered in
favor of the plaintiff in a proceeding in eminent
domain brought pursuant to General Statutes 13a-73.
The plaintiff appealed to the Superior
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Court from the assessment of damages in the amount
of $415,500 by the defendant for the taking of
its property in Bridgeport for the relocation of
route 25, Bridgeport-Newtown Road. That sum of
money was deposited with the court in accordance
with General Statutes 48-11 and was withdrawn by
the plaintiff pursuant to that statute. The appeal
from that assessment was referred to a state
referee, who reassessed damages in the amount of
$643,700. The court accepted the report of the
referee and, inter alia, ordered interest to the
date of rendition of judgment on the additional
amount found by the referee to be due which had
not been deposited with the clerk of the Superior
Court for the use of the plaintiff at the time of
taking. The plaintiff filed its motion for an
award of additional interest on the increased
amount computed from the date of the judgment to
the date of payment of that amount.1