Greenstein v. Singer

This is a proceeding wherein the defendant filed a motion to stay execution on a judgment for the plaintiff for $4,500 duly entered in the superior court in an action of trespass for trover and conversion. .See Greenstein v. Singer, 80 R. I. 141. The motion is based on a discharge in bankruptcy obtained by the defendant after entry of such judgment. After a hearing in the superior court the trial justice filed a rescript denying the motion on the ground that the judgment debt was based on the defendant’s malicious and willful injury to the plaintiff’s property and, therefore, was not…