DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 361 infra.
In this case we are called upon to decide whether landowners whose property is taken through the exercise of the State's power of eminent domain are entitled to interest on the compensatory award, to be computed from the date of the entry of the judgment nisi on the inquisition to the time of payment. We conclude that they are.
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