Legal Opinion

Providence Gas Company v. Biltmore Hotel Operating Co.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided August 2, 1977No. 76-14-AppealPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDoris, J.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Gotham Hotels Ltd., from a Superior Court judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, Providence Gas Company, after the defendant had been defaulted for failure to comply with orders to answer the plaintiff’s interrogatories.

The action arose when the Providence Gas Company filed a complaint charging the Biltmore Hotel Operating Company, Inc. (Biltmore) 1 and Gotham Hotels, Ltd. (Gotham) 2 with failure to pay an overdue gas bill in the amount of $40,000. At the same time, plaintiff moved for a writ of attachment to permit attachment of defendant Gotham’s…

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. W. Lamonte Robison, Trustee of Beehive Security Thrift & Loan v. Transamerica Insurance Co., and Firemans Fund Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  3. Independent Productions Corporation and Ipc Distributors, Inc. v. Loew's IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  4. Dorsey v. Academy Moving & Storage, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  5. Stevens v. Gulf Oil CorporationSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. of North America v. Kayser-Roth Corp.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
  2. Senn v. Surgidev Corp.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
  3. Bosler v. SugarmanSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
  4. Mumford v. LewissSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
  5. Goulet v. OfficeMax, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2004

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