Legal Opinion
Boland v. Town of Tiverton
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 9, 1996No. 93-683-AppealPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOURCIER, Justice.
This matter comes before us on appeal from a Superior Court order granting the town of Tiverton’s motion for summary judgment.
The plaintiffs, David and Vivian Boland (the Bolands), built what they expected to be their dream house in the town of Tiverton. As will be revealed, that expectation turned out to be a bad dream. In December 1988, as the Bolands’ house neared completion, they requested that the town building inspector inspect their house for the purpose of issuing a certificate of occupancy. Wilford Eccles (Eccles), the Tiverton building inspector, visited the…
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