Trafford v. Hubbard
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Tbespass on the Case. On demurrers to the declaration. The declaration contained two counts : — 1. It charged that Hubbard, September 21, 1885, sued out a writ against one Brayman, who at that time was a copartner with the plaintiffs in a firm called Brayman & Trafford, served it by attaching the stock in the store of Brayman & Trafford, placed a keeper in tbe store, and kept him there till December 7, 1885; that at the time of the attachment Brayman had overdrawn his whole…
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Tbespass on the Case. On demurrers to the declaration. The declaration contained two counts : — 1. It charged that Hubbard, September 21, 1885, sued out a writ against one Brayman, who at that time was a copartner with the plaintiffs in a firm called Brayman & Trafford, served it by attaching the stock in the store of Brayman & Trafford, placed a keeper in tbe store, and kept him there till December 7, 1885; that at the time of the attachment Brayman had overdrawn his whole interest in the firm property; that the books of the-firm showing this were submitted to Hubbard; that the firm was…
1Opinion
Since our former decision the plaintiffs have filled a blank in the first count of the declaration, so that it now avers that the lease of the store held by Brayman Trafford terminated October 5, 1885, and said store was then leased to the plaintiffs, and has ever since been exclusively their premises; that the defendants had notice of this, and were requested to leave said premises and remove the keeper, but refused to do so, causing the plaintiffs great damage to their business. We think that the count as amended sets forth a cause of action which will entitle the plaintiffs to recover, if…
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