Raptakis v. Chase

This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered in the Superior Court granting the plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss an appeal taken by the defendants from a judgment entered in the District Court awarding the plaintiffs possession of a restaurant and cocktail lounge situated in the town of Coventry.

The District Court judgment was entered after plaintiffs had proved that defendants had breached their lease. The Superior Court dismissal order was premised on defendants’ failure to file the appeal bond required by G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §9-12-12. This statute in its pertinent…