Carvalho v. Coletta

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in Superior Court granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

On May 3,1979, plaintiff, Richard Carval-ho, parked illegally at Middle and Union Streets in Providence. On that date, the Providence police department contacted defendant, Mario Coletta, who holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity and requested that he remove plaintiff’s car. The defendant towed the car to its premises and held it until plaintiff appeared. The defendant by his…