Legal Opinion
Troutbrook Farm, Inc. v. DeWitt
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 19, 1988No. 86-237 AppealPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Justice.
This case comes before us on appeal by the defendant, Mary DeWitt (DeWitt), from the denial of her motion to vacate a default judgment entered against her in the Superi- or Court. We remand for a reassessment of damages. The facts of the case insofar as pertinent to this appeal are as follows.
In 1976 DeWitt entered into a lease agreement with plaintiff, Troutbrook Farm, Inc. (Troutbrook), under which she leased a Morgan stallion, named Waseeka’s In Command (stallion), for breeding purposes. At that time the stallion was eleven years of age. In 1982 a controversy…
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