Expropriation

Chapter fifty EXPROPRIATION

interest therein expropriated, and the nature of the public use of purpose for which it is expropriated.

When real estate is expropriated, a certified copy of such judgment shall be recorded in the registry of deeds of the place in which the property is situated. Such registration shall have an effect of vesting in the plaintiff the title to the real estate so described for such public use or purpose.

Uncertain Ownership; Conflicting Claims

If the ownership of the property taken is uncertain, or there are conflicting claims to any part thereof, the court may order any sum or sums awarded as compensation for the property to be paid to the court for the benefit of the person adjudged in the same proceeding to be entitled thereto. But the judgment shall require the payment of the sum or sums awarded to either the defendant or the court before the plaintiff can enter upon the property, or retain it for the public use or purpose if entry has already been made.