§ 9-1-11 - Survival of claims for damages in laying out of highways. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 9-1-11

   § 9-1-11  Survival of claims for damages inlaying out of highways. – Claims for damages on account of the laying out of highways through lands ofthe claimants, and appeals from proceedings in laying out highways, shallsurvive the death of the claimant and appellant; and the executors,administrators, heirs, and devisees of the claimant or appellant may, jointlyor severally, according to their interest, prosecute the claim or appeal in anystage of the proceedings. In case of an appeal by the executors,administrators, heirs, or devisees, the proceedings shall be taken in themanner prescribed in chapter 23 of title 33; but the appeal shall be claimedwithin eighty (80) days after the determination appealed from, and all otherperiods, except as to notice mentioned in that chapter, shall be increased byforty (40) days.