Massachusetts Appeals Court October 17, 2003, No. 00-P-1679 (M.B. Claff, Inc. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)

Cowin, J.

We address the question of the validity and implementation of G. L. c. 79, § 37,1 providing for the payment of interest on judgments in eminent domain cases in light of those provisions of the United States Constitution and the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights2 that require the payment of just compensation when private property is taken for public use.