Legal Opinion

Monks v. Deslandes

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 9, 1915PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Trespass and Ejectment. Heard on exceptions of plaintiff and sustained in part.

1Opinion of the CourtSweetland, J.

This is an action of trespass and "ejectment to recover possession of three parcels of land, all situated in Providence and described in said declaration. The case was tried before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury. At the conclusion of the testimony said justice directed a verdict for the defendant to which action of said justice the plaintiff excepted; and the case is before us upon said exception

It appeared in testimony that the plaintiff in this case was a judgment creditor of one Damase Deslandes, husband of the defendant; that upon said judgment an execution had issued…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Botsford v. BeersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1836
  2. Garrett v. WagnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  3. Den on Dem. of Gowing v. RichSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1841
  4. Webster v. FolsomSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1870
  5. Wright v. DouglassNew York Supreme Court · 1848

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Fleet National Bank v. Valente (In Re Valente)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004

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