Manchester v. Pereira

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON

for the Court.

This civil action stems from a dispute among six people as to the extent of their respective interests in a certain one-acre parcel of real property located in Little Compton, Rhode Island. On May 25, 2005, the trial justice issued a bench decision in which she ruled in large part in favor of the defendants, Joseph Pereira, Monique Medeiros, 1 and Travis Cory. As a result, judgment was entered in the defendants’ favor. The plaintiffs, Ronald A. Manchester, Roald Manchester, and Judy Manchester, filed a timely notice of appeal.

On appeal, plaintiffs contend…