Smith v. Hunt

This action was brought in the District Court for the Sixth Judicial District to recover rent and money-expended to repair damages occasioned by' the failure of the defendant to properly shut off water from a house. The cause was, after decision for defendant, removed to the Superior Court on plaintiff’s demand for a jury trial. In the Superior Court, jury trial was waived, and the cause was tried before Mr. Presiding Justice Tanner.

At the trial it appeared that the defendant was occupying a house in Cranston as tenant from month to month under the plaintiff; that the monthly tenancy was from…