Yattaw v. Onorato

This is an action of the case in assumpsit. The trial justice in the superior court, at the conclusion of the evidence, directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff for $127.42, the defendant’s plea in set-off being considered. Thereafter the latter duly prosecuted his bill of exceptions to this court, and is now relying upon his exception to the above ruling of the trial justice.

The facts appearing'in evidence are largely undisputed. The defendant, under the name of Puritan Motor Sales, dealt in second-hand automobiles in the city of Cranston. On August 17, 1939, the plaintiff,…