Morrissey v. Piette

This action in assumpsit was brought to recover for the rent allegedly owed by the defendant for the use of a lot on the trailer park owned by the plaintiff and his wife. It was tried to a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury and decision was for the defendant. The only exception pressed by the plaintiff on his appeal is to that decision.

The essential facts are few. The plaintiff and his wife acquired a trailer park in Pawtucket in the spring of 1957. When they took over its operation, defendant and her husband were living together as a family unit in her mobile home or…