Rhode Island General Laws Title 46. Waters and Navigation § 46-2-16. Examination of commissioners' report--Jury trial on damages--Costs

The clerk of the superior court shall open the report of the commissioners, and the report may be examined by any person interested therein; and any person or party aggrieved by any award of damages by the commissioners may claim a jury trial upon any item of damages thereby awarded, and may file his or her claim for the trial at any time within three (3) months from the opening of the report; and the claim shall stand for trial by jury as other cases upon the docket of the court, and shall be tried therein in every respect as other cases are there tried, including the right to except to rulings and to apply for new trials for cause; and execution may be awarded thereon as in other cases; but if the party claiming the jury trial shall not therein obtain an award for damages more favorable to him or her than that given by the commissioners, that party shall pay costs to the city or town.