Mathewson v. Ham

This is an action of trespass and ejectment, brought by landlord against tenant, in the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, to recover possession of a tene-‘ ment let, and certified therefrom on questions involving the constitutionality of Gfen. Laws R. I. cap. 237, § 9, which reads as follows:

“Sec. 9. Every defendant in an action for the possession of tenements let, or held at will or by sufferance, claiming jury trial, shall, in addition to making the payments required in and by section seven of this chapter, give bond to the plaintiff, with one or more sureties satisfactory to…