Legal Opinion

Goyette v. Sousa

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 24, 1959No. Ex. Nos. 9986, 9987Published

1Opinion of the Court

153 A.2d 509 (1959)

Vera R. GOYETTE,

v.

Anthony SOUSA.

Armand J. GOYETTE,

v.

Anthony SOUSA.

Ex. Nos. 9986, 9987.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 24, 1959.

Rosenstein & Jacques, Providence, for plaintiffs.

Graham, Reid, Ewing & Stapleton, Edward J. Regan, Providence, for defendant.

ROBERTS, Justice.

These two actions of trespass on the case for negligence were brought by a husband and wife and arose out of injuries sustained by the wife on the defendant's premises. The cases were tried together by a justice of the superior court, sitting without a jury, who rendered a decision for each plaintiff. In…

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Bennett v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Douglas v. BerglandMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Langley v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1925
  4. Beehler v. Daniels, Cornell & Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1894
  5. Kilgore v. the Shepard CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1932

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