Duquette v. Godbout

OPINION

DORIS, Justice.

This plaintiff seeks reversal of a judgment entered for the defendants in the Superior Court after a jury-waived trial of his trespass action.

The plaintiff commenced suit after defendants forcibly entered his apartment in Warwick. The complaint alleged that defendants broke into and entered plaintiff’s apartment, damaged the entrance, and rifled plaintiff’s belongings. The defendants denied the fact of entry but did not assert any affirmative defense in the alternative.

At trial, defendant James Godbout testified on direct examination that he forcibly entered plaintiff’s…