§ 34-18-52 - Payment of rent during pendency of appeal. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 34-18-52

   § 34-18-52  Payment of rent during pendencyof appeal. – Whenever an action for the recovery of real property is pending on appeal inthe superior or supreme court, the tenant in the action shall pay to thelandlord sums of money equal to the rent for the premises, which the sums shallbe paid at such times and in such amounts as rent would be due and payable werethe action not then pending. The acceptance of these sums shall not constitutea waiver of the right of the landlord to obtain possession of the premises, norshall their receipt be deemed to reinstate the tenancy.