Menzies v. Sigma Pi Alumni Ass'n of Rhode Island

These four civil actions are here on appeal. In two of them Michael W. Menzies is the plaintiff and the appellant; in the other two the plaintiffs and the appellants are Mildred Potter Menzies, Michael W. Menzies and Russell T. Potter. All of the actions include as a defendant either the Hartford Fire Insurance Company or the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company. Our references to “defendant” herein should be understood, therefore, as ap plying not always to the same party, but to the appropriate insurance company in each instance. In each case, a fair reading of the motion acted upon in…