St. Onge v. Fontaine

This action in trespass for assault was heard in the superior court where a jury returned a verdict of $4000 for the plaintiff. Thereafter the defendant’s motion for a new trial was heard and granted. The case is before us solely on plaintiff's exception to that ruling.

The defendant is the owner of a six-tenement house in Woonsocket. On November 19, 1946, when the assault is alleged to have been committed, he occupied a tenement on the first floor of that building. The plaintiff and Frank Cimerol, tenants of the defendant, occupied the two tenements on the second floor. Considerable friction,…