Anderson v. Salant

This case is before this court on a constitutional question certified by the Superior Court under Gen. Laws, 1909, Chap. 298, § 1.

The action is in assumpsit on quantum, meruit. •

The question certified is raised by the third count of the declaration which alleges-in substance: That the plaintiff on October 10, 1910, was convicted of entering a shop in the night time with the intent to commit larceny, was sentenced to a term of three years imprisonment at hard labor in the State prison, in the county of Providence, and was there imprisoned from October 10th, 1910, to and including June 25th,…