ART. 33A] TRIAL. 599

1912, ch. 117. 1914, ch. 463, sec. 9.

8. After said view, and the jury has returned to said Court, the
trial of the issues of law and fact in the case, relative to the right to
condemn said land, and the damages which will be occasioned to the
defendant owner or owners thereof by the taking, use and occupation
thereof by the petitioner, and the amount of just compensation there-
for to each defendant, and of all other issues which may properly arise
in said case, shall be proceeded with before said Court and jury in the
same manner and under the same rules of law and practice, pertaining
to the admissibility of evidence, the instructions of the Court, and all
other matters arising under said proceedings, as in other civil cases,
except as herein otherwise provided.

Either party may except to any ruling of the Court, admitting or
excluding evidence, or granting or rejecting instructions, or made upon
any other motion, exceptation or proceeding in the cause, in the usual
method of trials of civil cases, and in case of appeal as hereinafter
provided, bills of exceptions shall be presented, settled and signed
according to the prevailing practice in said Court.

1912, ch. 117. 1914, ch. 463, sec. 10.

9. Any person who has not been made a party to said proceedings,
who shall have, or claim to have any interest in the property sought
to be condemned, may voluntarily intervene in said case, at any time
before the trial of the same, and upon petition may, by order of said
Court, be made a party defendant to said proceedings upon such terms
and conditions as the Court shall direct, and there upon may take part
and defend in the trial of said case, and shall be bound by said judg-
ment in the same way and to the same extent as if such person inter-
vening had been made an original party defendant in said petition.

1912, ch. 117. 1914, ch. 463, sec. 11.

10. Any verdict rendered by said jury may be excepted to within
the time allowed by the rules of Court in other civil cases; or within
the time of said rules of Court, either party may file a motion for a
new trial, or in arrest of judgment, or make any other proper motion
applicable to such case as in ordinary civil cases, and said motion
shall be heard and disposed of by the Court as speedily as reasonably
possible.

Upon any such exceptions or motions, if the Court shall set aside
the verdict of the jury, it shall forthwith within the time hereinbefore
provided, set a new day for the trial of the same, and upon said day
so set, said Court shall proceed with the selection of a jury as afore-
said, and a new trial of the case, in all respects as hereinbefore pro-
vided, and so on until a final verdict in said case is obtained.

Upon any such verdict becoming final, if the same shall be for the
defendant, upon the right to condemn, the Court shall forthwith enter
a judgment in said case for the defendant with costs, but if said ver-