PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 753
10. Any person who has not been made a party to said pro-
ceedings, 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 thereupon may take part and defend in the
trial of said case, and shall be bound by said judgment in the
same way and to the same extent as if such person intervening
had been made an original party defendant in said petition.
11. 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 aforesaid, and a new trial of the case, in
all respects as hereinbefore provided, 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 verdict shall be for the petitioner on the right
to condemn and assessing damages to the defendants, the said
Court upon said verdict shall forthwith enter a judgment in
favor of each defendant against the petitioner for the amount
of damages or compensation awarded to each of said defendants
by the verdict of said jury and his proper proportion of the
costs.
12. Any party to said cause may appeal from any such judg-
ment to the Court of Appeals of Maryland, but any such ap-
peal shall be entered in writing within ten. days from the date
of said judgment, and all bills of exceptions desired by such
appealing party shall be prepared and presented to the Court
to be signed, on or before the expiration of twenty days from
the date of said judgment, unless such time for settling and
signing said bill of exceptions shall for good cause be extended
by the Court, but the record of such case and appeal in any
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