Lubecki v. Ashcroft

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on the plaintiff’s appeal from a judgment of the Superi- or Court, dismissing her breach-of-contract suit and her shareholder’s derivative suit. The trial justice held that the Superior Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the underlying contract suit between a husband and wife. We hold that the trial justice was in error, and we reverse.

The issue before us is whether civil actions that involve or are related to contracts between parties who were married when the contract was executed are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the…