Sec. 16-236. Appraisal of damages; costs.

Section valid; taking of land is not for private purpose. 90 C. 179; 92 C. 635. Cited. 149 C. 100. Legislative history. Id., 102. Indicates legislative intent to depart from strict eminent domain principles as basis for damages and to provide for payment, to any party interested, of damages for anything done under or by authority of Sec. 16-235. Id., 104. Claim that plaintiff asking for damages under section is required first to appeal to commission from the granting of the permit is without merit; claim that phrase “anything done” under Sec. 16-235 is restricted to case where there has been a physical invasion of plaintiff's property is without merit. 152 C. 690. Whether plaintiff's application has been unreasonably delayed is an issue of fact, dependent upon the surrounding circumstances. Id., 691.