Legal Opinion

McGarry v. Coletti

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided December 15, 2011No. 2009-277-AppealPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

This case arises out of a dispute over real property in the City of Warwick. The defendant, Alfred J. Coletti, a dentist, appeals from a Superior Court judgment entered in favor of the plaintiffs, Joseph J. and Anita L. McGarry, a husband and wife, on their claims for trespass and to quiet title and against the defendant on his counterclaim for adverse possession. The defendant argues before us that the trial justice overlooked clear and convincing evidence of the defendant’s open, notorious, hostile, and continuous use of a disputed parcel of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Gammons v. CaswellSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
  2. Tavares v. BeckSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2003
  3. Anthony v. SearleSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
  4. Cahill v. MorrowSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2011
  5. Finley v. Yuba County Water DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Lister v. Bank of America, N.A.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  2. Joyce DiPippo, Individually and as Trustee of the Joyce DiPippo Living Trust dated June 10, 1992 v. Louis SperlingSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2013
  3. Butterfly Realty v. James Romanella & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2014
  4. Butterfly Realty v. James Romanella & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2014
  5. David Clark v. Buttonwoods Beach AssociationSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2020

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