Legal Opinion

Sleboda v. Heirs at Law of Harris

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided May 2, 1986No. 83-229-AppealPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court holding that the right of redemption of the defendants had been foreclosed by the adverse possession of the plaintiffs and also on a cross-appeal by the plaintiffs in respect to the assessment of costs.1 This judgment was entered following a nonjury trial. We affirm. The facts of the case insofar as pertinent to the appeal are as follows.

The parents of plaintiffs purchased a tract of land in Smithfield at a tax sale in 1950. The tract, then as now, consisted of approximately fifteen…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Town of Scituate v. O'ROURKESupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
  2. Gammons v. CaswellSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
  3. Sherman v. GoloskieSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1963
  4. Montaquila v. St. CyrSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
  5. Proffitt v. RicciSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. R.J.E.P. Associates v. HellewellSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1989
  2. Ward v. City of Pawtucket Police DepartmentSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
  3. Locke v. O'BRIENSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
  4. Costa v. SilvaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2010
  5. Claros v. Highland Employment AgencySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994

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