Whenever the city council of any city or the town council of any town shall determine
that the public interest and convenience makes necessary or advantageous the acquisition
of land or other real property, or any interest, estate, or right therein for the
establishing, laying out, widening, extending or relocating, regrading, straightening,
or improving any public highway, street, parkway, or driftway, or to secure more suitable
lines, grades or safety, it may proceed to acquire the same by the exercise of eminent
domain in the manner prescribed in this chapter, provided that no real property or
interest, estate, or right therein belonging to the state shall be acquired without
its consent and no real property or interest, estate, or right therein belonging to
or used by a public utility shall be acquired without the consent of the division
of public utilities and carriers.
Notes of Decisions
O'NEILL v. City of East Providence, 480 A.2d 1375 (R.I. 1984).
· cites it 7× “Whether the Defendant City of East Providence could authorize the expenditure of funds or incur debt by the adoption of a resolution under R.I.Gen.Laws §§ 24-1-1 — 24-1-15. “2. If the answer to question number 1 is yes, whether § 1-3 of the Charter of the City of East…”
J.W.A. Realty, Inc. v. City of Cranston, 399 A.2d 479 (R.I. 1979).
“1956 (1968 Reenactment) §§24-1-1 to 11 and P.L. 1967, ch. 140. The case was heard by a Superior Court justice sitting without a jury who assessed damages at $240,000, plus interest according to law; and judgment in accordance with that assessment was subsequently entered.”
Hickey v. Town of Burrillville, 713 A.2d 781 (R.I. 1998).
“General Laws 1956 § 24-1-1, entitled "Authorization of condemnation," states that "Whenever the city council of any city or the town council of any town shall determine that the public inter *783 est and convenience makes necessary or advantageous the acquisition of land or…”
Berberian v. Dowd, 247 A.2d 508 (R.I. 1968).
“1956, §24-1-1, as amended, authorizes town councils to lay out driftways in their towns in the same manner and under the same conditions as they are empowered to lay out highways, there was no evidence ever adduced that the Charlestown town council ever declared the 20-foot road…”
Soscia Holdings LLC v. Town of Coventry, No. 1:25-cv-00274, 2026 WL 696902 (D.R.I. Mar. 12, 2026).
· cites it 2× “Next, the Defendants contend “[t]he state court has determined that the Town properly exercised its power of eminent domain pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 24-1-1 . and that determination should be reduced to a final judgment.”
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