Douglas v. Pratt

This civil action for injunctive and other equitable relief and for damages was tried to a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury. Judgment was for the plaintiff, and the case is now here on the defendants’ appeal.

In 1957 the defendants became the owners of a large irregularly shaped tract of land which fronts northerly on Ocean Drive in the city of Newport and which is known as Price’s Neck. It projects southerly into the Atlantic Ocean in the direction of Brenton’s Beef and is referred to as a “promontory” or “peninsula.” Three residences are located on the property: “Sea…