§ 22-77 Condemnation appeals as to benefits or damages.

In cases in which appeals are or may be allowed to be litigated in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City from the decisions of any commissioners, or other persons appointed in any manner to determine any benefits or damages in any form of condemnation proceedings, for the use of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, it shall be lawful for the City to enter appeals in the same manner and within the same time or times allowed for their entry by other persons; and all such appeals by whomsoever prayed within the time or times limited therefor, shall be heard and determined by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City as soon as possible, each person interested being secured in his, her or its rights to a jury trial; and in case there should be more than one appeal in reference to the same piece of property, they may all be consolidated and heard together, in the discretion of the court, before one jury; provided, a sufficient panel of jurors be furnished, so that the City and the owners or representatives of each separate interest or estate in such property may strike four names from such jury panel; the practice, including the right of appeal to the Court of Special Appeals in all such cases, shall conform as near as may be possible to the practice now prevailing in Circuit Court in the trial of appeals from the decisions of the Department of Public Works.