First Bank & Trust Co. v. City of Providence

827 A.2d 606 (2000)

FIRST BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

v.

CITY OF PROVIDENCE et al.

No. 2001-140-Appeal.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 1, 2003.

Richard Riendeau, Esq., Providence, for Plaintiff.

Richard Simms, Esq., for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.

OPINION

GOLDBERG, Justice.

The City of Providence (city) and Bears Brothers Realty, a Rhode Island general partnership (Bears Brothers), (collectively defendants), are before the Supreme Court on appeal from a declaratory judgment in favor of the plaintiff, First Bank and Trust Company (First Bank or plaintiff)[1] that…